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<p class="C1">&#65279MACHHINDARN&#256THA (Matsyendran&#257tha), also known as M&#299nan&#257tha, i.e. Fish-Lord; M&#299nap&#257, Luip&#257 (in Tibet), and Avilokite&#347vara (in Nepal), who flourished in the 10th century AD, was one of the eighty-four <i>siddhas</i> or Perfect ones of T&#257ntric Buddhism. According  to Tibetan-Buddhist belief, he was a fisherman who, while devoured alive by a large fish (<i>matsya</i> or <i>m&#299na</i> in Sanskrit and <i>machchh&#299</i> in Punjabi), was initiated by Mah&#257deva or &#256din&#257tha himself. He in turn was the Gur&#363 of Gorakhn&#257th, the founder of the N&#257th cult. The Janam S&#257kh&#299s mention Machhindarn&#257tha as having met Gur&#363 N&#257nak and conversed with him. The reference may be to a contemporary adherent of his school of yog&#299s. The name does not occur in Gur&#363 N&#257nak's <i>Sidh Gos&#7789i</i>, but another of his hymns in R&#257ga  R&#257mkal&#299 is addressed to a yog&#299, there mentioned as Machhindra. The Gur&#363 says that true yoga meant not austerities but overcoming the Five Evils; that the true <i>avadh&#363ta</i>, i.e., renouncer or recluse, is [not one who renounces the world but] one who remains absorbed in contemplation; and that such a one begs for [not alms but] devotion, rejoices in the invaluable gift of contentment, and fixes his mind on the True Name (GG,877).</p>
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