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Umapathi Sivam, the 4th in the lineage of Phura Santanakuravar, is a dikshitar of Chidambaram temple and a disciple of Maraignana Sambanthar. He had received many awards and government recognition during the era of Chola kings. This great saint has done eight works in Meykanda sastras called the Siddhanta Attagam. The following eight sastras are the works of Umapathi Sivam.

The other works of him includes Koilpuranam, Thiruthondapuranam Saaram, Thirumuraikanda Puranam, Thirupatigakovai explaining about 274 saiva temples and number of thevaram sung in these temples etc. He initiated (Gnana abhishegam) Arulnamachivayar from Kotravankudi and attained Sivapatham in the month of Chittirai, Hastam nakshatra.

Umapathi Sivam has been able to summarise the substance of saiva siddhanta philosophy in one hundred stanzas in Sivapragasam. The work starts with preface of stanzas dedicated for Lord Nadaraja, Goddess Sivagamiyammai of Thillai, Lord Vinayaga and Lord Muruga. The lineage of Kailayaparambarai and author’s guru Maraignana Sambanthar has been mentioned in the following stanzas.

The work describing the nature of Saiva Siddhantha is remarkably comprehensive. According to Saiva Siddhantha philosophy, the soul in the state of mukthi, identifies itself with Siva as it had identified itself with anava mala at the earlier stage as ‘sakala’. In this stage the soul merges with Siva but without losing its individuality.It is neither a state of becoming one nor a state of remaining as two but a state of not being two in view of close communion with Siva (Advaita).