- one with
Shiva within. The
followers of
Shaivism are
called Shaivas or
Shaivites.
Shiva (śiva, Sanskrit: शिव)
literally means kind, friendly, gracious...
- "The
linga is
worshipped by all
Shaivites, but it is the
special emblem of the Lin****ats or Virashaivas, a
Shaivite sect." For an
overview of the Shaiva...
-
paved the way for the
indigenous Vijayanagara Empire.
Embracing a
strong Shaivite tradition and
building upon the
military technology of the sultanate, the...
- of a role in the
Hinduism of
recent centuries than in
ancient India.
Shaivites hold that,
according to
Shaiva Agama,
Shiva performs five actions: creation...
- akharas. At the 1796
Kumbh Mela in Haridwar,
violence broke out
between the
Shaivites and the
Udasis on
logistics and
camping rights. The
repetitive clashes...
-
murtis of Vishnu, or his ****ociated
avatars such as
Krishna or Rama.
Shaivites worship Shiva,
either figuratively, or
through his
Lingam murti. As Shaivism...
- that it
originated as a
monistic doctrine,
espoused by
Kashmiri northern shaivites (date unknown).
South India is
another theorized location of origin, where...
-
Mahanirvani (श्री पंचायती अखाड़ा महानिर्वाणी in
Sanskrit and Hindi) is a
Shaivite shastradhari (spiritual
script bearer) Akhada. It is one of the
three major...
-
global Hindu po****tion. The vast
majority of
Indian Hindus belong to
Shaivite,
Vaishnavite and
Shakta denominations.
India is one of the
three countries...
-
Kulachirai Nayanar, were both
Shaivites. When the king
suffered from
boils and
incurable fever, the two
invited the
Shaivite saint, Sambandar, to Madurai...
