Questions tagged [shaiva-siddhanta]
A South Indian Shaivite sect based on the Tamil poetry of the 63 Nayanars.
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Does the Purva Mimamsa school believe that Brahman can be known through the senses or reason?
As I discuss in this answer, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage Vyasa ...
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Liberation according to dual (Dvait) or semi dual (Vishishta Advait) schools is temporary?
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Will Vaikuntha be ever over populated by liberated souls? If not, Lord Vishnu is not ...
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What is the status of Rudra (and the other trimurti) with respect to Sadashiva?
As per whatever Shaiva philosophy that I have come across, the unborn Parabrahma Shiva/ Sadashiva is different from the manifested Rudra Kailasapati. As stated here, the supreme Purusha shiva is ...
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What is the difference between Raudra and Saumya sects of Shaivism?
The term "Shaivite" is often overused nowadays. For instance, Iyer Brahmins are often called Shaivites, but they are actually followers of Adi Shankaracharya's Smartha sect (which I discuss ...
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What scriptures describe toads being found in the heart of solid rocks?
The term "Shaivite" is overused nowadays. For instance, Iyer Brahmins are often called Shaivites, but they're actually followers of Adi Shankaracharya's Smartha sect (which I discuss here and here), ...
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Did the Shavite poet Tirumular believe new souls could be created?
The term "Shaivite" is overused nowadays. For instance, Iyer Brahmins are often called Shaivites, but they're actually followers of Adi Shankaracharya's Smartha sect (which I discuss here and here), ...
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Were there any schools of Shaiva, Shakti, or Tantric philosophy that advocated human sacrifice?
Were there any schools of Shaiva, Shakti, or Tantric philosophy that advocated human sacrifice?
If so, what were their arguments?
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Do all Shaiva Siddhantins reject Vamachara practices as sinful?
The term "Shaivite" is overused nowadays. For instance, Iyer Brahmins are often called Shaivites, but they're actually followers of Adi Shankaracharya's Smartha sect ((which I discuss here and here), ...
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What scriptures describe Ganesha having five hands?
The term "Shaivite" is overused nowadays. For instance, Iyer Brahmins are often called Shaivites, but they're actually followers of Adi Shankaracharya's Smartha sect (which I discuss here and here), ...
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How is Tirumantiram 1st verse by Tirumular 'One Is Many' interpreted?
Tirumantiram is more than 3000 verses in Tamil written by Tirumular in about 5th Century. In the 1st verse of Tirumantiram he writes:
1: One Is Many
The One is He, the Two His sweet Grace,
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Why Shiva created the universe for Kshetrajñahah?
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It has been ascertained that the earth and other objects are the created ones (they are basically products) and ascertained that the creator of all these products is Isvara. Since that ...
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