Shaiva Siddhanta (IAST: Śaiva-siddhānta) is a form of Shaivism popular in South India and Sri Lanka which propounds a devotional philosophy with the ultimate...

many sub-traditions ranging from devotional dualistic theism such as Shaiva Siddhanta to yoga-orientated monistic non-theism such as Kashmiri Shaivism. It...

Sanskrit: परशिव, IAST: Paraśiva) is the highest aspect of Shiva in Shaiva Siddhanta and in Kashmir Shaivism. Below him are the primordial Shiva with the...

of Shaiva Siddhanta as expressed in the Tirumantiram of Tirumular. While also sharing this branch's disagreements with the dualistic Shaiva Siddhanta school...

Nakulisa Shaiva Siddhanta, the theistic Sankhya school Pratyabhijña, the recognitive school of Kashmir Shaivism, Trika Raseśvara, a Shaiva school that...

Santhanam Sarvoktham Parameshwaram Kiranam Vathulam The Shaiva Agamas led to the Shaiva Siddhanta philosophy in Tamil-speaking regions of South India, which...

philosopher who taught the pursuit of an ethical life and the theology of Shaiva Siddhanta. Kaumaram is the denomination that primarily venerates Kartikeya. Apart...

philosophical foundation of Shaiva Siddhanta. He is one of the most prominent of the sixty-three Nayanars, Tamil Shaiva bhakti saints who lived between...

influential Saiva Siddhanta matha named after Mattamayura. Other historical evidence suggests that these Shaiva monks were active in Shaiva theosophical scholarship...

declared as the official Shaiva flag in fourth International Saiva Siddhanta Conference, held in Zurich in 2008. Nowadays, Tamil Shaivas, especially in Sri...

the aniconic Shiva Linga is an important exception. According to Shaiva Siddhanta, the linga is the ideal substrate in which the worshipper should install...

key texts of Shaiva Siddhanta and the first known Tamil work to use the term. The Tirumantiram is the earliest known exposition of the Shaiva Agamas in Tamil...

individual soul from bondage. The historic Shaiva Siddhanta literature is an enormous body of texts. The Shaiva Siddhanta practices have focussed on abstract...

poet-saint of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta tradition of Hinduism. He is among the Tevaram trio, and one of the most prominent Nayanars, the Shaiva bhakti (devotional)...

is preceded by the devotional syllable "Om". In Siddha Shaivism and Shaiva Siddhanta Shaivism traditions, Namah Shivaya is considered as Pancha Bodha Tatva...

states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The community, which follows the Shaiva Siddhanta form of Shaivism, is also a presence in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore...

contexts. In Vishnu Sahasranama, Parameshvara is 377th name of Vishnu. Shaiva Siddhanta accepts the existence of Tripathartham (three entities), pati (the...

contributed to the Shaiva Siddhanta school of Shaivism. His literary work known as Śiva Jñāna Bodham (in Tamil) on Shaiva Siddhanta has enjoyed great vogue...

Shaiva Siddhanta school of philosophy of Shaivism sect of Hinduism is prevalent in the North of Sri Lanka. Yogaswami belonged to the Shaiva Siddhanta...

contemporary era, the more common are of those of Shaiva Siddhanta (locally also called Siwa Siddhanta, Sridanta). During the pre-Islamic period on the...

followed the shaivism sect (Shaiva Siddhanta) of Hinduism. He belongs to Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. Saiva siddhanta is prevalent in South India...

Hindu iconography. These forms are described in the Shaiva Agamas of the southern Shaiva Siddhanta sect of Shaivism. The Sritattvanidhi calls these the...

and religious poetry based on Shiva. Today, Lingayats, along with Shaiva Siddhanta followers, Naths, Pashupatas, Kapalikas and others constitute the Shaivite...

Sanskrit manuscripts on palm leaves is of the Parameshvaratantra, a Shaiva Siddhanta text of Hinduism. It is from the 9th century, and dated to about 828...

Tirumular, the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta scholar, credited with creating "Vedanta–Siddhanta" (Advaita Vedanta and Shaiva Siddhanta synthesis), stated, "becoming...

to be one with Shiva within. The major schools of Shaivism include: Shaiva Siddhanta, adheres to the teachings of Tirumular/Sundaranatha (Nandinatha Sampradaya...

tantric lineages in all main forms of modern Hinduism, such as the Shaiva Siddhanta tradition, the Shakta sect of Shri Vidya, the Kaula, and Kashmir Shaivism...

avatar and got killed by him, which is also mentioned in epic Mahabharata. Shaivas believe that Shiva assumed the form of Dakshinamurti, the great teacher...

consisting of over 3000 verses, forms a part of the key text of the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta compilation called the Tirumurai. The dates of Tirumular's life are...

along with nisiddhakarma and kamyakarma. It is also featured in the Shaiva Siddhanta philosophy. According to Parasara, the six activities are regarded...