SAIVISM

Meaning of SAIVISM in English

noun

or shai·vism -īˌvizəm ; or shi·va·ism ˈshēvəˌizəm

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Saiva or Shaiva + -ism

: sivaism

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SAIVISM — noun see: Saiva
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SAIVISM — (n.) The worship of Siva.
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SAIVISM — ( n. ) The worship of Siva.
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SAIVISM — see Saiva
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SAIVISM — noun the worship of siva.
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SAIVISM — also spelled Shaivism cult of the Indian god Siva, with Vaisnavism and Saktism, one of the three principal forms of …
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KASHMIR SAIVISM — also called Pratyabhija (Sanskrit: Recognition), an important religio-philosophical system of India that worships Lord Siva as the supreme reality. The …
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SAIVA — noun Etymology: Sanskrit Śaiva, from Śiva Shiva Date: 1810 a member of a major Hindu sect devoted to the cult …
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SHAIVISM — or Saivism One of three main forms of modern Hinduism , centred on the worship of Shiva . The earliest …
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SHAIVISM — noun see saivism
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VAISHNAVISM — also called Vishnuism, or Visnuism, Sanskrit Vaisnavism, worship of the god Vishnu and of his incarnations, principally as Rama and …
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SIVA — also spelled Siwa, or Shiva, one of the main deities of Hinduism, worshiped as the paramount lord by the Saiva …
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SHAKTISM — also spelled Saktism worship of the Hindu supreme goddess, Shakti (Sanskrit: Power, or Energy). Shaktism is, together with Vaisnavism and …
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SANKARA — born 700?, Kaladi village?, India died 750?, Kedarnath also spelled Shankara, also called Sankaracarya philosopher and theologian, most renowned exponent …
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SAIVA-SIDDHANTA — a religio-philosophical system of South India in which Siva is worshiped as the supreme deity. The Saiva-siddhanta system is realistic …
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PASUPATA — perhaps the earliest Hindu sect to worship the god Siva (Shiva) as the supreme deity; it gave rise in turn …
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HINDUISM — the beliefs, practices, and socioreligious institutions of the Hindus (originally, the inhabitants of the land of the Indus River). Introduced …
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