46. Who were Gorakṣanātha and Matsyendranātha?
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Lubomír Ondračka [+]
Charles University
Lubomír Ondračka is a publisher, independent researcher and occasional lecturer at the
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in
Prague. Currently, he is a research fellow at Balliol College, University of Oxford. His
research is focused on the history of yoga, death, and dying in India, and on religions and
culture of Bengal.
Description
Gorakṣanātha and Matsyendranātha have multiple identities in various South Asian sources. Their names have referred to Śaiva tantric yogis, Buddhist tantric masters, alchemical experts, Hindu and Buddhist gods, authors of learned Sanskrit treatises and vernacular poetry, and Muslim saints, in stories known throughout India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Tibet.