Nāth Sampradāya
A living tradition within Śaivism. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Nāth Sampradāya is a living tradition within Śaivism. Also written Nath Yogis, Kānphaṭa yogis, Gorakhnathis, Natha Siddhas.
Origin
Founder named in the sources: Gorakhnāth (Gorakṣanātha). No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. Britannica: Gorakhnath was 'a Hindu master yogi commonly regarded as the founder of the Kanphata yogis, an order of ascetics that stresses the physical and spiritual disciplines of Hatha Yoga'. Worldmark (Urban) dates Gorakhnāth to the 9th–12th centuries and calls him 'semimythical'. Worldmark elsewhere notes that yogi sects such as the Nātha Siddhas had appeared by the 13th century. No founding year given.
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Citation
English
The language and the date you read it belong in the citation: this corpus is multilingual and articles are revised after publication.
John Shaqi. “Nāth Sampradāya.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-nath-sampradaya.
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