- the
Smartas of
South India add a
sixth god
Kartikeya (see Shanmata).
According to Basham, any upper-class
Hindus still prefer the way of the
Smartas to...
-
Smarta Advaita tradition,
Shakti is one of the five
equal personal forms of God, as in the
panchadeva system,
advocated by Adi Shankara. The
Smarta tradition...
-
Jagadhatri puja
comes from
Kalviveka of
Smarta Shulapani,
dated approximately from 1375 to 1460.Later
Smartas Brihaspati Raymukut and
Srinatha Acharya...
- worshipper's
favourite deity. It is
especially significant to both the
Smarta and
Bhakti schools,
wherein practitioners choose to
worship the form of...
-
temple is
considered a
pilgrimage site for Shaivites, Vaishnavites, and
Smartas. Rama, the
seventh avatar of the god Vishnu, pra**** to
Shiva here to absolve...
-
Ultimate Reality called nirguna Brahman. The five or six
icons are seen by
Smartas as
multiple representations of the one
Saguna Brahman (i.e., a personal...
- Iyers, who
follow the
Smarta tradition, and Iyengars, who
adhere to the
tradition of Sri Vaishnavism.
Iyers are Shrauta-
Smarta Brahmins,
whose members...
-
Shiva is one of the five
equivalent deities in
Panchayatana puja of the
Smarta tradition of Hinduism.
Shiva has many aspects,
benevolent as well as fearsome...
- ఆరామ ద్రావిడ)
Several Telugu Brahmin subgroups (who are
predominantly smartas), such as Velanāḍu, Mulakanāḍu, and Vēgināḍu,
derive their names from specific...
- have been
founded by Shankara, is
still the
centre of the
Smarta sect for its followers.
Smartas follow 4
other major Mathas namely,
Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham...
