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three main
branches of
Agama texts are Shaiva,
Vaishnava and Shakta. The
Agamic traditions are
sometimes called Tantrism,
although the term "Tantra" is...
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Parthenogenesis (/ˌpɑːrθɪnoʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs, -θɪnə-/; from the Gr**** παρθένος, parthénos, 'virgin' + γένεσις, génesis, 'creation') is a
natural form of a****ual...
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while Nigamas refers to the
Vedas and the
teachings of
Shakti to Shiva. In
Agamic schools of Hinduism, the
Vedic literature and the
Agamas are
equally authoritative...
- made of
burnt dried wood,
burnt cow dung and/or
cremated bodies used in
Agamic rituals.
Devotees of
Shiva apply vibhuti traditionally as
three horizontal...
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kings of the
Vijayanagara Empire who
shifted their allegiance from
Advaitic Agamic Shaivism to
Brahmanical Advaita orthodoxy.
Central in this repositioning...
- form of
Hinduism in that they were
either historically or are at
present Āgamic. The
Agamas are non-vedic in
origin and have been
dated either as post-vedic...
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Smarta Brahmins are also
differentiated from
Brahmins who
specialize in the
Agamic (Tantra)
literature such as the Adi
Shaiva Brahmins, Sri
Vaishnava Brahmins...
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initiations may also
include Vedic Yajna rites, or
alternatively be
based on
Agamic rituals. The word
yajna (Sanskrit: यज्ञ, romanized: yajña) has its root...
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types of
temples -
temples constructed in
Agamic style and non-
Agamic open air shrines.
Ayyanar in
Agamic temple is
usually called Sastha or
Dharma sastha...
- God.
Aghorasiva was
successful in
preserving the
rituals of the
ancient Āgamic tradition. To this day, Aghorasiva's
Siddhanta philosophy is
followed by...
