Definition of Saiva. Meaning of Saiva. Synonyms of Saiva

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Definition of Saiva

Saiva
Saiva Sai"va (? or ?), n. [Skr. [,c]aiva devoted to Siva.] One of an important religious sect in India which regards Siva with peculiar veneration.

Meaning of Saiva from wikipedia

- Shaiva Siddhanta (IAST: Śaiva-siddhānta) is a form of Shaivism po****r in a pristine form in South India and Sri Lanka and in a Tantrayana syncretised...
- includes: Saiva bullata (Distant, 1891) Saiva cardinalis (Butler, 1874) Saiva coccinea (Walker, 1858) Saiva constanti Jiaranaisakul, 2024 Saiva decorata...
- deity who is the "creator, reproducer and dissolver". The Sanskrit word śaiva or shaiva means "relating to the god Shiva", while the related beliefs,...
- Saiva or Shaiva may refer to: Saiva is a genus of Asian lanternbugs, family Fulgoridae. Saiva kurukkals redirects to Vellalar, which were the nobility...
- community by the Government of Tamil Nadu as '703.Adi Saivar' and '754.Saiva Sivachariyar' as distinct from the '713.Brahmanar' (Brahmin) in the list...
- developed in both Buddhist and Brahmanical (mainly Śaiva ascetics like the Kapalikas) contexts and that "Śaivas and Buddhists borrowed extensively from each...
- Saiva Siddhanta Church is an organization that identifies itself with the Saivite Hindu religion. It supports the work of the late Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami...
- Also, the Saiva Velaalar sect are originally believed to have been Jainas before they embraced Hinduism. The Tamil Jains refer to the Saiva Velaalar as...
- The Kurukkal, also known as Gurukkal are an Ambalavasi caste of Tamil origin. Originally a patrilineal community found in Travancore and Malabar, whose...
- Saiva cardinalis is a species of lantern bug in the genus Saiva, found to the North-East of India (Darjiling, Sikkim), Nepal and Vietnam. Distant W. L...