In response to concerns of biopiracy raised by research into turmeric, neem and basmati rice, the Government of India has been translating and publishing ancient manuscripts containing old remedies in electronic form, and in 2001 the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library was set up as a repository of 1200 formulations of various systems of Indian medicine, such as Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha.

It is also used in these areas in Ayurveda and Siddha medicine streams since time immemorial.

Abrus precatorius, called kudri mani in Tamil and guru ginja in Telugu, has been used in Siddha medicine for centuries.

Basil is used for their medicinal properties in Ayurveda, the traditional medicinal system of India and Siddha medicine, a traditional Tamil system of medicine.

In Siddha medicine, it is used for treating pimples on the face, but noted that intake of the seeds in large quantities is harmful for the brain.

Practices known as traditional medicines include Ayurveda, Siddha medicine, Unani, ancient Iranian medicine, Irani, Islamic medicine, traditional Vietnamese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Korean medicine, acupuncture, Muti, Ifá, traditional African medicine, and many other forms of healing practices.

In this way Siddhars developed, among other branches of a vast knowledge-system, what is now known as Siddha medicine, practised mainly in Tamil Nadu as Traditional native medicine.

A rustic form of healing that is similar to Siddha medicine has since been practised by experienced elderly in the villages of Tamil Nadu.

According to another historian, Madhavan, the work stresses on the fundamentals of Siddha medicine and its healing powers.

Ayurveda ( the ancient Indian medicine system ) and Siddha ( the medicine system from Tamil-Nadu, a southern state in the country of India ) have more uses for this plant root and it has been used for centuries as a medicine.

In India, the Central Council of Indian Medicine ( CCIM ) a statutory body established in 1971 under Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy ( AYUSH ), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, monitors higher education in areas of Indian medicine including, Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha.

He also learned Siddha medicine, music, and martial arts.

It is supposedly derived from traditional Siddha medicine.

The SYDA Foundation, which is dedicated to protecting, preserving, and disseminating the Siddha Yoga teachings, offers a variety of courses and retreats throughout the year, including the meditation intensives first developed by Swami Muktananda in the 1970s.

* The Treatise on Astrology of the Kaiyuan Era, compiled by Gautama Siddha, is a Chinese encyclopedia on astrology and divination.

It is the Western headquarters of the Siddha Yoga organisation.

* Gurumayi Chidvilasananda is the head of the Siddha Yoga organisation and spends most of her time at the Shree Muktananda Ashram on Brickman Road.

Some Siddha and Nathpanthi poetical works belonging to this period are also found, but their genuineness is again, doubted.

Some scholars argue that the language of Siddha poetry is not an earlier form of Hindi, but Magadhi Prakrit.

The Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati is a very early extant Hatha yoga Sanskrit text attributed to Gorakshanath by the indigenous tradition which contains much content on the avadhuta, as Feuerstein ( 1991: p. 105 ) relates:

The Muslims prefixed the word peer to it in memory of Siddha Faqir and the name thereafter is said to have changed into Peer Panjal.

The Siddha system is entirely in the Tamil language.

Ayurveda is in Sanskrit, but Sanskrit was not generally used as a mother tongue and hence its medines are mostly taken from Siddha and other local traditions.

Ta Pukhu ( Siddha Pokhari ) is a big rectangular water pond near the main city gate.

One source of information is book Babaji and the 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga Tradition by Marshall Govindan.

One of the best-known Siddhars was Agasthyar or Agasthya, who is believed to be the founding father of Siddha culture.

Siddha is a level of soul above Arihant who possess kevala jñana.

Whenever siddha is mentioned the 84 siddhas and 9 nathas are remembered and it is this tradition of siddha which is known as the Siddha Sampradaya.

Siddha is a term used for both mahasiddhas and nathas.

According to Al-Biruni, Ardhanagari was a mixture of Nagari, used in Ujjain and Malwa, and Siddha Matrika or the last stage of Siddham script, a variant of the Sharada script used in Kashmir.

The word was used in a spiritual context by the north Indian Tantric Siddha master Saraha in the 8th century CE:

Ardhanagari ( also: Bhatachhari ), an abugida, was a mixture of Nagari, used in Malwa, particularly Ujjain, and Siddha Matrika or the Siddham script, a variant of the Sharada script used in Kashmir.

These species are used in Siddha medicine, which is practiced by the Tamil people.

All of the Siddha Yoga teachings and practices are intended to be compatible with everyday worldly life and with the teachings and practices of all religions.

Pritam Singh ( 1992 ) has also traced the origins of Gurmukhi to the Siddha Matrika.

" Siddha Matrika " along with its sister script Takri has its origins in the ancient Sharada script of Kashmir.

Tarlochan Singh Bedi ( 1999 ) writes that the Gurmukhi script developed in the 10-14th centuries from the Devasesha stage of the Sharada script the intermediate phase being Siddha Matrika, before the final evolution into Gurmukhi.

The pure souls ( who reached Siddha status ) reside at the very south end ( top ) of the Universe.

He continues to write Sláine, Bill Savage, Black Siddha and ABC Warriors for 2000 AD, and also the Franco-Belgian comic Requiem Vampire Knight, with art by Olivier Ledroit and its spin-off Claudia Chevalier Vampire, with art by Franck Tacito.

The Indian government established the " Central Council for Research in Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy ” in 1969 as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

In March 1978 the composite council was dissolved and replaced by four independent research councils, one each for Ayurveda and Siddha, Unani, homoeopathy and yoga and naturopathy.

K. R. Narayanan was born in a small thatched hut at Perumthanam, Uzhavoor, as the fourth of seven children of Kocheril Raman Vaidyar, a physician practicing the traditional Indian medical systems of Siddha and Ayurveda, and Punnaththuraveettil Paappiyamma.

K. R. Narayanan dedicated ( 15 February 2005 ) his tharavaadu at Uzhavoor to the Santhigiri Ashram in Pothencode for the purpose of establishing the Navajyothisree Karunakara Guru research centre for Siddha and Ayurveda.

* Swami Muktananda, founder of Siddha Yoga path and the SYDA Foundation.

" Siddha Yoga: Swami Muktanada and the Seat of Power.