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| | Origin of Saivism, Vaishnavism, Saktham, Gowmaram, Ganapathyam and Sowram |
 | | The religious sects that are in the Six-fold religion are Saivism, Vaishnavaism, Saktham, Gowmaram, Kanapathyam and Sowram. | | | Doctrine of Trinity, Doctrine of Avatar and the Doctrine of Fulfillment of Sacrifice are the basic doctrinal aspects of Saivism and Vaishnavism. | | | Since Jainism and Buddhism are atheistic and agnostic religions, there is no room for the doctrines (Doctrine of trinity, Avatar, fulfillment of sacrifice) mentioned above in these religions. |
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| | Saivism - definition of Saivism in Encyclopedia |
| | Shaivism, also Saivism, is a branch of Hinduism that worships Siva as the Supreme God. | | | Originated in India, Saivism has appeal all over India and is particularly strong in South India (especially, Tamil Nadu) and the island of Sri Lanka. | | | There can be found almost innumerable Saivite temples and shrines, with many shrines accompanied as well by murtis dedicated to Ganesa, Lord of the Ganas, followers of Siva, and son of Siva and Sakti. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Saivism
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| | Saiva Canon: The Twelve Tirumurais |
| | Saivism as a religion and Saiva Siddhanta as its philosophy are also introduced. | | | Being a popular and favorite faith of Tamilnadu, Saivism has attracted the attention of scholars of other religions too. | | | But it was these saints who took it to the common man through their hymns. |
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http://www.xlweb.com/heritage/asian/pannart.htm
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| | Kashmir: The Crown of India |
| | Saivism closely agrees with the Sankhya in its dogmatics and with the Yoga sehool in its practical discipline. | | | The characteristics of Saivism are the exaltations of Siva above all other gods, the highly concrete conception of the deity and a close relationship between Sivaand his devotees. | | | It is called Kashmir Saivism, because it enriched its culture, literature and spiritual integrity. |
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| | Kashmiri culture, religion, kashmiri taditions, india jammushmir. |
| | Kashmir Saivism was nurtured by some of the most gifted Sanskrit savants, who lived between the 8th and the 13th century AD. | | | Although, the traditions might differ in terms of worship of God among the various cults in India, the ideology was always based on the Aagamaas. | | | One significant one among them is the school of Saivism of Kashmir. |
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http://www.indiaprofile.com/religion-culture/kashmirsaivism.htm
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| | Famous saints of saivism |
| | Sakya Nayanar: Originally a Buddhist, he later embraced Saivism and was said to have been blessed with a vision of Lord Siva and Parvathi. | | | They were ardent devotees of Lord Siva, and remembered in the scriptures for their devotion and contribution to Saivism. | | | Nandanar: An untouchable by birth, he was a great devotee of Lord Siva who won the recognition of many learned people and was even admitted into the precincts of the Chidambaram temple which at that time was not open to people from his caste. |
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http://www.hinduwebsite.com/siva/sivasaints.htm
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| | The Temples of Orissa - Religious Background - Saivism |
| | For example, the Lingaraja temple came to be regarded as the shrine of Hari and Hara. | | | Exception might also be taken to Saivism being believed as hindu form of worship, the opinion among some scholar being in favour of its non aryan or Tamulian origin. | | | Several rulers of Bhaumakara family such as Dandi mahadevi and Vakula Mahadevi used the epithet paramamahesvara indicating their faith in Saivism. |
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| | Jainism, Buddhism, Saivism, Vaishnavism, Saktham, Gowmarram, Ganapathyam, Sowram and Sikhism |
| | Of the existing major religions, Jainism, Buddhism, Six-fold religion (Saivism, Vaishnavism, Saktham, Gowmarram, Ganapathyam, Sowram) and Sikhism were founded in India. | | | Jainism, Buddhism, Saivism, Vaishnavism, Saktham, Gowmarram, Ganapathyam, Sowram and Sikhism |
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| | Dancing with Siva, Resource 2: Six Schools Of Saivism |
| | Saivism had experienced a renaissance since the sixth century, and the most widespread Hindu God was Siva. | | | To them Saivism means love of Siva, and they simply follow the venerable traditions of their family and community. | | | Today Vira Saivism is a vibrant faith, particularly strong in its religious homeland of Karnataka, South-Central India. |
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http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/dws/dws_r2_six-schools.html
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| | From chapter VI one gets the message that Saivism is a cosmological religion in which the tradition is constructed by Lord Siva himself in the form of a Guru (Dakshinamurti) and initiated his power (Sakti) in the form of mantras. | | | It was the influencing force of both Saivism and Goddess tradition of the Srividya upasana in the South. | | | While Saumya svarupa is associated with Kashmir Saivism and Srikula followed in Srividya upasana in South, Raudra form with esoteric Tantric practices is followed in Assam, Bengal, Orissa and North India. |
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http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005061400201700.htm&date=2005/06/14/&prd=br&
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| | Saivism (Saiva) Brahmin Samaj |
| | Term : "Saivism (Saiva): The religion followed by those who worship Siva as supreme God. | | | Description : "Saivism (Saiva): The religion followed by those who worship Siva as supreme God. | | | In 624 BCE Buddha was born a Saivite Hindu prince in a royal family, and records of his time speak of the Saiva ascetics who wandered the hills looking much as they do today. |
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| | A Comparison of Vaisnavism and Saivism |
| | The primary scriptures of Saivism and Vaisnavism, the Svetasvatara Upanishad and the Bhagavad Gita, respectively, both affirm the gods as identical with the Highest Brahman, and thereby establishes the two religions' claim to orthodoxy. | | | Another attempt at harmonization was the god Harihara (Hari is a title for Vishnu, and Hara a title of Siva), which, according to Basham, was "worshipped in the form of an icon which combined characteristics of both gods."25 Harihara fared better than the trimurti, and is still worshipped in some areas of India. | | | Reference to both of the two great gods is found in the Vedas, although both are shadowy and ill-defined in comparison with such major gods in the Vedic pantheon as Indra or Agni. |
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| | Jainism Literature Center - World Religions |
| | The path for Saivism divides the spiritual progress of the soul into four progressive stages of belief and practice, called Chariya, Kriya, Yoga, and Jnana. | | | The spiritual practices in Saktism are similar to those in Saivism. | | | Hinduism believes that each soul is free to find his own way to liberation by following the path of devotion (Bhakti), knowledge (Jnan), yoga and meditation (Ashantang Yoga), or selfless service (Karma). |
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| | WELCOME: WWW.JAINSAMAJ.ORG |
| | Sundara became a fanatic Saivite and he persecuted the compatriots of his earlier faith, who did not follow his example, with ruthless cruelty. | | | The Pandya-ruler Sundara (11th century?) who was married to a Cola-princess, the sister of King Rajendra, was supposed to have been won over to Saivism by his wife. | | | There was also a far-reaching reformation in Visunism approximately around the same time in which Saivism got a new significance in South India. |
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| | A Short Introduction to Saivism Book from Books.co.uk |
| | Saivism, Vaisnavism and Sakta are considered the three most important of these traditions.;Saivas are devotees of the Hindu god Shiva. | | | While Saivism contains within it a number of traditions and theologies, Saivas regard Shiva as the transcendent Lord who creates the cosmos, maintains it and destroys it over and over again. | | | India has a long, rich and diverse tradition of philosophical thought and practice, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions. |
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| | Pub_Secret Supreme |
| | After that I started teaching him the book theory from the Saiva scriptures and thus Kashmir Saivism was taught to him. | | | He wants it to be clearly understood by everyone that Kashmir Saivism does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of caste, creed, color, or sex. | | | I think if these lectures are printed as you say, it will be a great boon to mankind and would elevate the whole world, and also I will consider myself blessed by Lord Siva. |
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| | Organiser - Content |
| | Bamiyan in Afghanistan became one of the major centres of Buddhism, Saivism and Tantrism. | | | Kashmir became a radiating point for the spread of Buddhism and Saivism to Central Asia and beyond. | | | Contact between Greeks and Buddhists led to the emergence of the Gandhara School of Art, a fusion of Greek and Indian art, inspired by Buddhism. |
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| | Saivism is centered on the worship of Siva as the theLord of Universe |
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| | Hinduism Today Dec 1986 |
| | Kashmir Saivism: Founded in the 9th century by Vasugupta, this esoteric, meditative school seeks recognition of the Self as nothing but Siva. | | | An announcement received by Hinduism Today noted that 31 papers have been submitted as of mid-October and further said: "Saivism is one of the oldest religions in the world, and its philosophy, Saiva Siddhanta, is one complete by itself. | | | Hinduism Today has published a four-page summary of the history, beliefs and spiritual goals of Saivism's six schools. |
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| | Kashmir Saivism and its Echoes in Kashmiri Poetry |
| | This philosophy had basically originated in the trans-Himalayan areas near the Kailasa around the 4th century A.D. Traymbakaditya, a disciple of the sage Durvasa, was the first teacher of this school. | | | Their Mathikas (Centres of theological discourse) seem to have been easily accessible to the sufis who were deeply interested in the Buddhist thought. | | | In practice, it does not prescribe the profession of monks but advises one to live the life of a householder and to practise, side by side, the Saiva yoga for the sake of self-realitization. |
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| | Studies |
| | Saivism values both bhakthi and yoga, devotional and contemplative sadhanas. | | | The spiritual practices in Sakthism are similar to those in Saivism, though there is more emphasis in Sakthism on God's power as opposed to Being, on Manthras and Yanthras, and on embracing apparent opposites: male-female, absolute-relative, pleasure-pain, cause-effect, mind-body. | | | Certain sects within Sakthism undertake "left-hand" tantric rites, consciously using the world of form to transmute and eventually transcend the world. |
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| | Hinduism's Online Lexicon - A |
| | Adisaiva: (Sanskrit) A hereditary priest and teacher of the South Indian Saiva Siddhanta tradition; Saivite brahmins descended from the gotras of five rishis and who alone are entitled to conduct rites in Agamic Siva temples. | | | ashtavaranam: (Sanskrit) "Eight shields." Vira Saivism's eight aids to faith: guru, Linga, jangama (monk), vibhuti, rudraksha, paduka, prasada (bathing water from Sivalinga or guru's feet), and Panchakshara Mantra (Namah Sivaya). | | | Also an influential theoretician of poetics, dance, drama and classical music, he is said to have disappeared into a cave near Mangam along with 1,200 disciples. |
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http://www.worldebooklibrary.com/eBooks/HimalayanAcademy/SacredHinduLiterature/dws/lexicon/a.html
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| | Problems and Solutions Confronting Saivism in a Technological Age |
| | While all the other religions in the world were created by people, the Saiva Samayam, the Saivite Hindu religion was created between God Siva and his devotees. | | | Actually, Hinduism is a name, banner name, a name, encompassing, at that time, about five or six religions; Saivism, Vaishnavism, Saktaism, Ganapatism, Kumarism, all of the various religions found in India at that time. | | | It would be similar for the western religions, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism to all be called Jordanism, because the Jordan is the river nearby where they all came up. |
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| | Welcome to Saivism Website |
| | Their ignorance of Saivism has helped large-scale conversion to alien faith which never attracted the educated and knowledgeable in the society. | | | Now, some Saiva priests, carrying the tag of 'Siva Sri' with their names, imitate the smartha brahmins and encourage the worship of these deities. | | | It is also necessary that Saivites should have atleast the basic knowledge on all aspects of Saivism. |
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| | Hinduism - encyclopedia article about Hinduism. |
| | Shaivite views often consider Shaktism to be sub-denomination of Saivism, arguing that Devi is worshipped in order to attain union with Siva, who in Saivism is the impersonal unmanifest Absolute. | | | It is associated with Vedanta, Samkhya and Tantra philosophies, is ultimately monist, and has a rich tradition of Bhakti yoga associated with it. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hinduism
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| | Beliefnet.com |
| | 3.) Shiva is not worshipped in Saivism, but rather the linga. | | | However, I have come across some things I am troubled with in Saivism. | | | I have been a practicing Hindu for about two years now. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp?boardID=389&discussionID=243265
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| | Shaiva Siddhantha Home Page |
| | Shaiva Siddhantham is the philosophy of Shaivism that has its roots in the thirumuRais along with the vedas and shiva Agamas. | | | This page is intended for spreading the fragrance of SanAthana Dharma - Hinduism and Saivism in specific. |
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| | Siva and saivism |
| | This Upanishad has great relevance to Saivism because it contributed to the growth of Saivism as a major Hindu religious sect. | | | Greatest Saiva Saints from ancient times who contributed to the spread of Saivism in India through their preaching and compositions. | | | Read about the Hindu Trinity and what they represent and how they play a vital role in the religious lives of millions of Hindus all over the world. |
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| | The Agamas |
| | The Southern Saivism, i.e., Saiva Siddhanta, and the Kashmir Saivism, regard these Agamas as their authority, besides the Vedas. | | | The three chief sects of Hinduism, viz., Vaishnavism, Saivism and Saktism, base their doctrines and dogmas on their respective Agamas. | | | The Vaishnava Agamas or Pancharatra Agamas glorify God as Vishnu. |
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| | Siddha Community: The Saivite Hindu Religion |
| | Siva's followers all BELIEVE that religion is the harmonious working together of the three worlds and that this harmony can be created through temple worship, wherein the beings of all three worlds can communicate. | | | Siva's followers all BELIEVE in the Panchakshara Mantra, the five sacred syllables "Namasivaya," as Saivism's foremost and essential mantra. | | | The secret of Namasivaya is to hear it from the right lips at the right time. |
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| | Saivism being the oldest religion known to man. | | | It's like having water from a spring that is natural and having a group of people hand you a soda and tell you it is the real thing...when you know the soda's root is water with a bunch of additives and a new name. |
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| | NRIworld.com - The Platform For Global Indians |
| | There were several schools of Saivism and each one saw the construction of temples in accordance with their belief. | | | Worship of Siva in various forms was more common than the worship of Lord Vishnu in Andhra Pradesh. | | | The famous Siva Linga at a place called Gudimallam ascribable to the 1st century BC suggests that Saivism was in vogue in the Telugu country right from ancient times. |
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| | Sahib Kaul's Flash of Self-Realization |
| | Vama, Daksina, Koula, Mata, Trika, etc., were prevalent among the followers of Saivism. | | | Complete thus is the Siva- Jiva-Dasaka, composed by Sri Sahib Kaul, alias Anandanatha, a great and exalted teacher of Saivism. | | | Saivism developed in the North in two schools, one being the Trymbaka School which flourished in Kashmir (the Medhapitha) and is known at present as the Kashmir Saivism, and the other being the school named Ardha Tryambaka which developed in the Kangra area called Jalandharapitha. |
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| | The Temples of Orissa - Religious Background - Saktism in Orissa |
| | Where the Devi or the presiding deity is worshipped according to the Sakta ritual. | | | In all such panels as Jagannatha is always associated with Sakti and Tantric texts as discussed above describe Jagannatha as Bhairava and Vimala as Bhiravi clearly established the relation between Vaisnavism and Saktism in Orissa. | | | The Somavamsi king Yajati-II is known as Chandihara, i.e., the worshipper of both Sakti and Shiva. |
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http://www.ignca.nic.in/orist021.htm
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| | Saints of saivism |
| | For Comprehensive information on Hinduism, Saivism and related religions visit | | | To Know more about the significance of Lord Siva and various aspects of Saivism | | | To Know about the symbolic significance of Hindu Trinity and other aspects of Symbolism in Hinduism |
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| | Hindu philosophy : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online |
| | During this period, some schools, such as Sāṅkhya, Yoga and Vaiśeṣika, fell into oblivion and others, such as Kashmir Saivism, emerged. | | | Next came the classical period, spanning the first millennium ad, in which there was constant philosophical exchange between different Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina schools. | | | This does not take account of the grammarians or Kashmir Saivism. |
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| | Shaivism Approach to God in the form of Shiva. | | | and Trika Saivism see: Sanderson Alexis "Saivism: Krama Saivism", "Saivism: Saivism in Kashmir" and "Saivism: Trika Shaivism" in Encycolpedia or Religions (EOR SLC Books index an Facilitating The Encyclopedia Of Icebreakers: Structured | | | Man knows so many things; he does not know himself |
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| | YIJING&MURUGAN |
| | Radhakrishnan and Moore think that Saivism first developed as a separate philosophical school from the earlier Vedic religion in the Epic Period which they place approximately from 500 or 600 B.C. to A.D.200. | | | At the same time, during its growth through the ages, Clothey says « ’a coalescence of messages’ takes place and related structures of meanings accrue to it » [Idem.] | | | This is particularly so in the case of the varied forms of Saivism and in particular of the centripetal role of Murukan within it. |
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| | Hindunet: The Hindu Universe: Saivism and Saktism |
| | Note also that even Sri Madhva ji is quoted in one of these articles. | | | MAY Almighty BRAHMAN bless you all every day! | | | Moreover, Saivism (Saiva Siddhanta at least) and Saktism are both dualistic (dwaita) in nature, and therefore will be of some academic interest to the Vaisnava-dwaitas. |
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