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shaivite — noun see saivite * * * Saiˈvite or Shaiˈvite noun • • • Main Entry: ↑Saiva * * * Shaivism, Shaivite vars. Saivism, Saivite … Useful english dictionary
shaivite — shai·vite … English syllables
Shaiva — Shaivite, n. /shuy veuh/, n. Hinduism. a Bhakti sect devoted to Shiva. Also, Saiva. * * * … Universalium
chronology — 3600 B.C.E. to 1700 B.C.E. Indus Valley civilization, including sites at Mohenjodaro and Harappa, prospers. Archaeo logical finds include a seal that some scholars identify as a proto Shiva. 2050 ¶ Indo Iranian people settle in Iran (Persia) and… … Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… … Universalium
Shaivism — Shaivism is the formal name for the group of tradi tions that worship SHIVA as the supreme divinity. A person who worships Shiva will be called a Shaiva in India or a Shaivite in academic parlance. This loose sect, which encompasses by far the … Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Dalit saints of Hinduism — Dalits who are a section of Hindu society, generally referred as lower castes, have produced several influential saints in Hindu tradition.[1][2][3][4] Some of the most notable Dalit Hindu saints are Ravidas, Kabir, Namdev, Chokha Mela, Sant… … Wikipedia
Lakshmanjoo — (1907–1991) teacher of Kashmiri Shaivism Rajanaka Lakshmana, known as Lakshmanjoo, was a popular and widely respected scholar and yoga master in the tradition of KASHMIRI SHAIVISM. He was the last living representative of the great lineage… … Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Saiva Siddhanta Church — (est. 1957) Founded in 1957 in San Francisco, California, by Satguru SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI (1927–2001), the Saiva Siddhanta Church promotes temple worship and propagates the teachings of SHAIVITE Hindu ism through a temple/school complex. The… … Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Sharabha — Shiva as Sharabha subduing Narasimha (Lord Vishnu), panel view from Munneswaram temple in Sri Lanka. Devanagari शरभ Sanskrit Transliteration … Wikipedia
