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RELIGIOUS SECTS
himself the son of MATSYENDRA NÁTH, and grandson of ADINÁTU'. MATSYENDRA NÁtu appears to have been the individual who introduced the Yoga Saivism into Nepál: one of the works of the sect, the Hatha Pradipa, makes MATSYENDRA prior to GORAKH by five spiritual descents, and this would place the former
आदिनाथ के नाती मच्छेन्द्रनाथ के पूत। ____ मैं योगी गोरख अवधूत ॥ ? The list of teachers is thus particularised [The names in parenthesis are the readings of the Berlin MS. ap. Weber, Catal. p. 195 ff.]: 1. Adináth.
17. Churpati (Charpati]. 2. Matsyendra.
18. Kanerí. 3. Sambara [Sárada).
19. Pujyapáda [Párrapáda). 4. Ananda.
20. Nityanatha [Dhvaninatha). 5. Bhairava.
21. Niranjana. 6. Chaurangi [Chaurangi). 22. Kapála (Kapáli]. 7. Aléna [Mina]
23. Bindu [Bindunátha). 8. Goraksha.
24. Kökachandíscara. 9. Virúpáksha.
25. Allama. 10. Tilesa [Vilesi).
26. Prabhudera. 11. Manthána Bhairara.
27. Goráchili [Ghodácholi]. 12. Siddabuddha [Suddhabuddha.] 28. Dindima [Tintini]. 13. Kanthada [Śrukandali]. 29. Bhuluki. 14. Paurandaka [Purátanka). 30. Nágabodha. 15. Suránanda.
31. Chandakápálika (Shándaka16. Siddhapáda (Suddhapáda). pálika.]
The author of the Ilatha Pradipa, ATMÁRÁM, states that these and many more Mahásiddhas, or perfect Yogis, are in existence. His names are possibly those of the Mahants of a particular establishment: some of them are very unlike Hindu appellatives. If the date assigned to Gorakhnath in the text be rightly conjectured, we cannot assign much more than fifteen years to each of his successors.
