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	Kashmiri culture, religion, kashmiri taditions, india jammushmir.
		Kashmir Saivism is thus worth a closer look for it seems to narrow the distance between the ideal and the real.
		Kashmir Saivism belongs to the Aagamas and not the Vedas.
		Kashmir Saivism was nurtured by some of the most gifted Sanskrit savants, who lived between the 8th and the 13th century AD.
	www.indiaprofile.com /religion-culture/kashmirsaivism.htm (887 words)

	Saiva Canon: The Twelve Tirumurais
		A study of Saivism in India is incomplete if the contribution of Tamil saints is not understood.
		It is obvious from this that Saivism of Tamilnadu is a proper and rich subject for research, both at the national and the international levels.
		Saivism as a religion and Saiva Siddhanta as its philosophy are also introduced.
	www.xlweb.com /heritage/asian/pannart.htm (1961 words)

	Kashmir Saivism
		Saivism had experienced a renaissance since the sixth century, and the most widespread Hindu God was Siva.
		Through history Saivism has developed a vast array of lineages and traditions, each with unique philosophic-cultural-linguistic characteristics, as it dominated India prior to 1100 from the Himalayas to Sri Lanka, from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea.
		For nearly all of the millions of Siva's devotees, Saivism is not, therefore, a school or philosophy; it is life itself.
	www.koausa.org /Shaivism/article2.html (1547 words)

	Kashmir: The Crown of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The origins of Saivism or the roots of Saivism are found in pre-Aryan society.
		The characteristics of Saivism are the exaltations of Siva above all other gods, the highly concrete conception of the deity and a close relationship between Sivaand his devotees.
		Saivism closely agrees with the Sankhya in its dogmatics and with the Yoga sehool in its practical discipline.
	ikashmir.org /Crown/saivism.html (2775 words)

	Saivism (Saiva) Brahmin Samaj (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Term : "Saivism (Saiva): The religion followed by those who worship Siva as supreme God.
		The earliest historical evidence of Saivism is from the Indus Valley civilization (purported to be 6,000 to 8,000 years old) in the form of the renowned seal of Siva as Lord Pashupati, seated in a yogic pose.
		In 624 BCE Buddha was born a Saivite Hindu prince in a royal family, and records of his time speak of the Saiva ascetics who wandered the hills looking much as they do today.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /prakash.joshi/Saivism__Saiva_.html (204 words)

	The Temples of Orissa - Religious Background - Saivism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		It seems that the pasupata sect of the Saivism gave impetus to the temple building activity of Bhubaneswar, as Lakulisa images are found on most of the early temples.
		Saivism came under the influence of Tantrism in the 8th-9th centuries.
		In the 8th-9th centuries the Bhamnakaras patronised Saivism in coastal Orissa.
	www.ignca.nic.in /orist018.htm (922 words)

	Vira Saivism (Saiva) Brahmin Samaj (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Today Vira Saivism is a vibrant faith, particularly strong in its religious homeland of Karnataka, South Central India.
		By rejecting the Vedas, they continue to stand outside mainstream Hinduism, but in their profound love of Siva and acceptance of certain Saiva Agamas, as well as the main truths of the Vedic wisdom, they have identified themselves as a unique Saiva sect.
		Though they have established their faith as a distinct and independent religion in Indian courts of law, they are still widely embraced as devout brothers and sisters of the Hindu dharma.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /prakash.joshi/Vira_Saivism__Saiva_.html (280 words)

	Dancing with Siva, Resource 2: Six Schools Of Saivism
		Vira Saivism's means of attainment depends on the panchachara (five codes of conduct) and ashtavarana (eight shields) to protect the body as the abode of the Lord.
		Kashmir Saivism, with its potent stress on man's recognition of an already existing oneness with Siva, is the most single-mindedly monistic of the six schools.
		Saivism was suffering setbacks in South India in the sixteenth century due largely to the patronage of Vaishnavism by Ramaraja, king of Vijayanagara, whose territory encompassed an area as large as modern Tamil Nadu.
	www.himalayanacademy.com /resources/books/dws/dws_r2_six-schools.html (9064 words)

	Hinduism's Online Lexicon - S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The earliest historical evidence of Saivism is from the 8,000-year-old Indus Valley civilization in the form of the famous seal of Siva as Lord Pashupati, seated in a yogic pose.
		Kashmir Saivism, a strongly monistic lineage, arose from the revelatory aphorisms of Sri Vasugupta in the tenth century.
		Vira Saivism took shape in India's Karnataka state in the 12th-century under the inspiration of Sri Basavanna.
	www.himalayanacademy.com /resources/books/dws/lexicon/s.html (13579 words)

	A Comparison of Vaisnavism and Saivism
		We first see Vaisnavism as a vital force in the literature of the second century b.c.e., and Saivism not until at least the first century of the common era, and according to Gonda, the spread of their cults, "though steady and constant, must have been slow and gradual."5 Their influence, however, is pervasive and profound.
		Saivism constructs its theology in terms of manifestations, or "faces" of Siva, and that of his eight forms or embodiments.
		Saivism, in general, has more appeal to the ascetic, is more of a "fit" for those called to such a life.
	www.apocryphile.org /jrm/articles/shivism.html (2357 words)

	Philosophy East and West: Kashmir Saivism: The Central Philosophy of Tantrism. (book reviews)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Philosophy East and West: Kashmir Saivism: The Central Philosophy of Tantrism.
		With respect to Kashmir Saivism, for example, one thinks of the work of Lilian Silburn, Andre Padoux, A. Sanderson, Mark Dyczkowski, Edwin Gerow, Harvey Alper, Paul Muller-Ortega, and others.
		Most of this work is largely textual and focused for the most part on the history of the tradition, literary criticism or aesthetic theorizing of one kind or another, ritual studies, and the study of religious...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:19253270&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (207 words)

	Saivism Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Saivism Religion is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Pashupata Saivism: (Sanskrit) Monistic and theistic, this school of Saivism reveres Siva as Supreme Cause and Personal Ruler of soul and world, denoted in His form as Pashupati, "Lord of souls." This school centers around the ascetic path, emphasizing sadhana, detachment from the world and the quest for "internal kundalini grace."
		Saivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism are considered to be the major sects of Hinduism.
	www.experiencefestival.com /saivism_religion (1773 words)

	WELCOME: WWW.JAINSAMAJ.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Saivism and Vaisnavism proved to be particularly dangerous opponents, and they did a severe damage to Jainism, particularly in the Deccan and the south.
		Their influence supposed to be the reason, why the Pandya-kings of Madurai who had been so far Jainas embraced Saivism.
		The Pandya-ruler Sundara (11th century?) who was married to a Cola-princess, the sister of King Rajendra, was supposed to have been won over to Saivism by his wife.
	jainsamaj.org /literature/decline.htm (3221 words)

	Saivism Faith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Saivism Faith is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		The monistic-theistic doctrine of Vira Saivism is called Shakti Vishishtadvaita - a version of qualified nondualism which accepts both difference and nondifference between soul and God, like rays are to the sun.
		Though they have established their faith as a distinct and independent religion in Indian courts of law, they are still widely embraced as devout brothers and sisters of the Hindu dharma.
	www.experiencefestival.com /saivism_faith (1508 words)

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		From chapter VI one gets the message that Saivism is a cosmological religion in which the tradition is constructed by Lord Siva himself in the form of a Guru (Dakshinamurti) and initiated his power (Sakti) in the form of mantras.
		It was the influencing force of both Saivism and Goddess tradition of the Srividya upasana in the South.
		While Saumya svarupa is associated with Kashmir Saivism and Srikula followed in Srividya upasana in South, Raudra form with esoteric Tantric practices is followed in Assam, Bengal, Orissa and North India.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005061400201700.htm&date=2005/06/14/&prd=br& (1364 words)

	Pub_Secret Supreme
		I wanted to tell him more and more about Kashmir Saivism, so I continued giving lectures and John was recording them for a long time and these are those secrets.
		He wants it to be clearly understood by everyone that Kashmir Saivism does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of caste, creed, color, or sex.
		No one is restricted from involving his or herself in the practice and teachings of this tradition.
	www.kashmirshaivism.org /pub_secret_supreme.html (758 words)

	Siva and saivism
		Central to Saivism is Lord Siva, the most ancient, most dynamic and potent divinity in the universe.
		Truly speaking, although Saivism is considered as a part of Hinduism, it is a religion by itself.
		It can be put on equal footing with other major religions of the world based on the number of adherents, literature, beliefs, practices, philosophy and sub sects that are peculiar to this ancient tradition.
	www.hinduwebsite.com /siva/sivaindex.asp (277 words)

	Hinduism's Online Lexicon - P-Q (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Paduka also names one of Vira Saivism's eight aids (ashtavarana) to faith--the practice of drinking the water from the ceremonial washing of the Sivalinga or the guru's feet.
		A concept of Kashmir Saivism which denotes the devotee's recognition, as a result of the guru's grace, of the Truth that ever was--that Siva is indeed everywhere, and the soul is already united with Him.
		It was a center of Saivism until Muslim invasions.
	www.himalayanacademy.com /resources/books/dws/lexicon/p-q.html (6667 words)

	Jainism Literature Center - World Religions
		There are four main denominations: Saivism, Saktism, Vaisnavism, and liberalism (non-sectarian forms).
		The path for Saivism divides the spiritual progress of the soul into four progressive stages of belief and practice, called Chariya, Kriya, Yoga, and Jnana.
		There is more emphasis on Sakti, God's power as opposed to being, and on embracing apparent opposites: male and female, absolute and relative, pleasure and pain, cause and effect, mind and body.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~pluralsm/affiliates/jainism/worldreligion/JYAHindu.htm (865 words)

	A Short Introduction to Saivism Book from Books.co.uk
		Saivism, Vaisnavism and Sakta are considered the three most important of these traditions.;Saivas are devotees of the Hindu god Shiva.
		While Saivism contains within it a number of traditions and theologies, Saivas regard Shiva as the transcendent Lord who creates the cosmos, maintains it and destroys it over and over again.
		The ultimate goal of life is salvation or liberation (moksha) from the cycle of reincarnation attained by a degree of effort but ultimately through Shiva's grace.;This text is designed to familiarize readers with the basic concepts of Saivism.
	www.books.co.uk /short_introduction_to_saivism/8129200120.html (206 words)

	Saivism -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Saivism includes such diverse movements as the highly philosophic Saiva-siddhanta, the socially distinctive Lingayat, ascetic orders such as the dasnami sannyasins, and innumerable folk variants.
		Saivism includes such diverse movements as the highly philosophic Saiva-siddhanta, the socially distinctive Lingayat, ascetic orders such as the dasaias, and innumerable folk variants.
		The character and position of the Vedic god Rudra—called Siva, “the Mild or Auspicious One,” when this aspect of his ambivalent nature is emphasized—remain clearly perceptible in some of the important features of the great god Siva, who together with Vishnu came to dominate Hinduism.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9064982 (366 words)

	NRIworld.com - The Platform For Global Indians
		There were several schools of Saivism and each one saw the construction of temples in accordance with their belief.
		The famous Siva Linga at a place called Gudimallam ascribable to the 1st century BC suggests that Saivism was in vogue in the Telugu country right from ancient times.
		The Kalamukha sect, the Pasupata sect, Aradhya saivism, Vira Saivism, the Kapalikas were some of the variations within Saivism that had influence in the early medieval period over Andhra desa.
	www.nriworld.com /indianculture/articles.asp?articleid=273 (1021 words)

	Studies
		The primary goal of Saivism is realizing one's identity with God Siva, in perfect union and nondifferentiation.
		Saivism values both bhakthi and yoga, devotional and contemplative sadhanas.
		The spiritual practices in Sakthism are similar to those in Saivism, though there is more emphasis in Sakthism on God's power as opposed to Being, on Manthras and Yanthras, and on embracing apparent opposites: male-female, absolute-relative, pleasure-pain, cause-effect, mind-body.
	www.bnaiyer.com /studies/faith-01.html (1223 words)

	Saivism Links
		SAIVISM: Ancient Indian philosophies of the BC centuries were the basis of
		early Saivism as was known in Thamiz Naadu.
		In ancient Thamizh Country, the concept of Saivism was the embodiment and
	www.saivaneri.org /saivism.htm (657 words)

	Hinduism's Online Lexicon - A
		Also an influential theoretician of poetics, dance, drama and classical music, he is said to have disappeared into a cave near Mangam along with 1,200 disciples.
		Adisaiva: (Sanskrit) A hereditary priest and teacher of the South Indian Saiva Siddhanta tradition; Saivite brahmins descended from the gotras of five rishis and who alone are entitled to conduct rites in Agamic Siva temples.
		Appaya Dikshita: (Sanskrit) Philosophical genius of South India (1554-1626) who worked to reconcile Vaishnavism and Saivism, advancing the Siva Advaita school of Saivism by his writings, and bolstering other schools by his brilliant summations of their philosophies.
	www.worldebooklibrary.com /eBooks/HimalayanAcademy/SacredHinduLiterature/dws/lexicon/a.html (6648 words)

	Saivism
		Saivism: the worship of Siva, is not just a dominant religious tradition.
		It is also a philosophy which, over the centuries, has evolved metaphysical doctrines on different issues of universal concern, specially the nature of Reality: Siva (pati), and of its interrelatedness with the 'Individual Soul' (jivatman / pasu) and world at large.
		Tagare's book is a brilliant effort to quintessentially unfold Saivism and its principal philosophical expressions.
	www.ethangka.com /book/details/IDD120 (285 words)

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