Navnath

The Navnath (Hindi: नवनाथ), also spelt as Navanatha and Nao Nath, are the nine saints, Masters or Naths on whom the Navnath Sampradaya, the lineage of the nine gurus is based. They are worshipped collectively as well as individually.

Nine gurus

The Navnath Sampraday believes Rishi Dattatreya, an incarnation of the Hindu trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva to be its first teacher. The nine teachers, collectively known as Navnaths, are considered representative of great teachers in this tradition or parampara.

Several lists are known:

Frydman

According to Maurice Frydman, the editor of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's I Am That, "the most widely accepted list" is as follows:

Mullarpattan

Suamitra Mullarpattan, translator of Nisargadatta Maharaj, gives the following list: