Sivagyana Munivar

Sivagyana Munivar (c. 18th century) was a saivite sage and scholar from Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.

[citation needed] Sivagyana Munivar authored several texts and translated many.

His magnum opus work remains the Sivagnana Mapadiam, an elaborate and critical interpretation of Sivagnanabodham, the work of the 13th-century CE scholar Meikandadevar.

[1] In his commentary to the Nannul, he revised and expanded the work of Shankara Namachivayar.

[2] Sivagyana Munivar is also known for his work Ilakkana Vilakka Sooravali, a rebuttal of Tiruvarur Vaidhyanatha Desikar's Ilakkana Vilakkam.