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If one deeply ponders over these utterances of the saint with a sense of devotion, saint Maanickavaachagar attained Civan-hood in the same order in which he has summarised in the first verse of the last decad (51:1) of Thiruvaachakam. This alone appears to be relevant and appeals to reason. The traditional legend also corresponds to the attainment of the saint towards the end of his worldly life. A multitude of reverential devotees witnessing, the saint walked towards the "olden Assembly of Thillai temple. Suddenly there appeared a huge cffulgence in which the saint Maanickavaachagar disappeared He attaining Civan-hood, is in everlasting Advaitha Union with the supreme God Civan. 7. (11) What is this Advaitha (non-dual) union of Civagnanabotham? In the same way the great Civagnanabotham says that the soul after being enlightened that it is not alien will go towards the sacred Feet of God, in verse number 8 and that the soul will reach the Sacred Feet of God with unswerving love in verse number 11. The scholarly commentator, ( 1 νιι!ζιιιιιιιι Υogi says that the soul realising the advaitha 11, tui o os (iod in him will reach with love the sacred Feet of von, which means the supreme blissful experience of God. | le lui: verv skilfully interpreted the term Advaitham which to 1.1 moto, in Civa-Siddhantha philosophy. The literal file-limitis' ol this sanskrit term Advaitham is, “ not two but one". He has not only rejected this normal meaning but other kinds of interpretation of Advaitham by a process of elimination. 1. He has argued that the Advaitha state of the soul and God is not a union (Ikivam) just as mixing of the river water with sea-water. As this union of non-different substances appears as one substance after union, it may safely 5 Ꮾ5