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Shaivism

Shaivism (/ˈʃaɪvɪzəm/; Sanskrit: शैवसंप्रदायः, romanised: Śaivasampradāyaḥ) is an umbrella-term for a number of Hindu religious traditions, which worship Shiva as the supreme being. The followers of Shaivism are called Shaivas or Shaivites, numbering about 385 million people, across South Asia predominantly in India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.

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Origins and history

Indus Valley CivilisationPashupati sealLord of AnimalsGavin FloodRigveda
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Traditions

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Relation with other Indian traditions

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Temples and pilgrimage

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Shaivism

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related to Demography · 43
Shaivism → According, Andhra Pradesh, Devi, Durga, Galvin Flood, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan, Hindu, Hinduism, In North Indian, Jammu, Julius Lipner, Karnataka, Kashmir, Kashmiri Hindus, Kerala, Lakshmi, Large Shaivite, Maharashtra
related to Post-Gupta development · 42
Shaivism → Aihole, Alchon Huns, Aulikaras, Badami, Between, Bhagavata Vaishnavas, Bhuvaneshwara, But, CE, Chandragupta II, Chidambaram, Chinese, Chinese Buddhist, Conjeevaram, Elephanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Gupta, Gupta Empire, Hindu Kush, Huen Tsang
related to Buddhism · 33
Shaivism → According, Asia, Bali, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Maitreya, Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhists, CE, Compassion, East Asia, Gandhara, Hindus, In, In Central Asian Buddhism, Indian, Indonesia, Kizil Caves, Richard Blurton, Scholars
related to Jainism · 32
Shaivism → According, Alexis Sanderson, Ambika, Among, Bhairavapadmavatikalpa, Buddhism, Cakreshvari, CE, Chaulukya, Ganga, Hindu, Homa, In, India, Jain, Jaina, Jainism, Jvalamalini, Lakshmi, Mantra-goddesses
related to Southeast Asia · 32
Shaivism → Asia, Bali, Buddhism, Buddhist, Cambodia, Caves, CE, China, For, Funan, Himalayan, Hinduism, In, In Indonesia, India, Indo-China, Indonesia, Islam, It, Java
related to Emergence of Shaivism · 28
Shaivism → According, AD, Agni, Aryan, BC, Brahmanical, CE, Chakravarti, Dravidian Father God, Epics, Gavin Flood, Indra, Mother Goddess, Pasupata, Prajāpati, Puranas, Purusha, Rudra, Rudra-Shiva, Shiva
related to Vedas and Principal Upanishads · 24
Shaivism → According, Agamas, Arulnanti, BCE, David Smith, Dyczkowski, Epics, In Shaivism, Likewise, Puranas, Saiva, Saivagama's, Saivagamas, Shaivites, Siddhanta, Tamil Saiva Siddhanta, The, This, Umapati, Upanishad
related to Smarta Tradition · 23
Shaivism → Advaita Vedanta, Atman, Brahman, Devi, Ganesha, God, Hinduism, Panchayatana, Philosophically, Saguna Brahman, Self, Shiva, Smarta, Smarta Tradition, Smartas, Smartism, Surya, That, The, The Smartas
related to Texts · 20
Shaivism → Abhinavagupta, According, Agamas, Among, Bhasya, Bhojadeva, Gavin Flood, Kashmiri Shaivism, Kshemaraja, Over, Pratyabhijna, Ramakantha, Sadyojyoti, Shaiva, Spanda, The, These, Upanishads, Vasugupta, Vedas
related to Influence · 19
Shaivism → Asia, Bali, Cambodia, Cham, Hindu, Hinduism, Indians, Indochina, Indonesia, Java, Khmer, Mahayana Buddhism, Nataraja, Shiva, Sumatra, Thailand, This, Vietnam, Yoga

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Shaivismis aworship of the Vedic deity Rudra.Indus Valley Civilisation.mw-parser-output .hatnote0.90text
Shaivismis ahouseholder lay religion0.90text
Shaivismis ainfluential tradition within Shaivism that developed from the Trika school in Kashmir in the late 1st millennium CE and thrived in early centuries of the 2nd millennium0.90text
Shaivismis adistinct Shaivite religious tradition in India0.90text
the early Elamite seals dated to 3000instance ofAsko Parpola states that other archaeological finds0.80text
Rudrainstance ofas an icon representing his god.The Shvetashvatara Upanishad mentions terms0.80text
Shivainstance ofas an icon representing his god.The Shvetashvatara Upanishad mentions terms0.80text
and Maheshwaraminstance ofas an icon representing his god.The Shvetashvatara Upanishad mentions terms0.80text
but its interpretation as a theistic or monistic text of Shaivism is disputedinstance ofas an icon representing his god.The Shvetashvatara Upanishad mentions terms0.80text
Nuristaninstance ofincluding in the Hindu Kush region0.80text
Ramanuja developed a philosophicalinstance ofand influential Vedanta scholars0.80text
organisational framework that helped Vaishnavism expandinstance ofand influential Vedanta scholars0.80text

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