Shaiva Siddhanta

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Hindu philosophical tradition Shaiva tradition theological system

Shaiva Siddhanta is a major devotional and philosophical tradition of Hindu Shaivism that emphasizes worship of Shiva as the supreme deity through temple ritual, theology, and disciplined spiritual practice.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Shaiva Siddhanta canonical 7
Saiva Siddhanta 2
Saiva Siddhanta tradition 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu philosophical tradition ⓘ
Shaiva tradition ⓘ
theological system ⓘ
associatedWithRegion South India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
coreDeity Shiva ⓘ
emphasizes devotional bhakti ⓘ
disciplined spiritual practice ⓘ
ritual purity ⓘ
temple worship ⓘ
goal moksha (liberation) ⓘ
hasConcept Pasa (bond) ⓘ
Pasu (soul) ⓘ
Pati (Lord) ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Tirunavukkarasar ⓘ
surface form: Appar (Tirunavukkarasar)

Arulnandi Sivacharya ⓘ
Manikkavacakar ⓘ
Meykandar ⓘ
Sundarar ⓘ
Tirumular ⓘ
Arulnandi Sivacharya ⓘ
surface form: Umapati Sivacharya
hasLanguageOfLiterature Sanskrit ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
historicalDevelopment medieval South India ⓘ
importantText Siddhanta Shikhamani ⓘ
Sivajnana Bodham ⓘ
Sivajnana Siddhiyar ⓘ
Tevaram ⓘ
Tirumandiram ⓘ
surface form: Tirumantiram

Tirumurai ⓘ
surface form: Tiruvacakam

Unmai Vilakkam ⓘ
influenced Tamil Shaiva temple culture ⓘ
majorBranchOf Shaivism ⓘ
methodForLiberation Shiva’s grace mediated by guru and ritual ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf Hinduism ⓘ
ritualCenter Chidambaram Nataraja Temple ⓘ
Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple ⓘ
surface form: Madurai Meenakshi-Sundareswarar Temple

Shaiva temples ⓘ
Arunachaleswarar Temple, Tiruvannamalai ⓘ
surface form: Tiruvannamalai Arunachaleswarar Temple
scripturalBasis Āgamas ⓘ
surface form: Agamas

Meykanda Shastras ⓘ
Śaiva Āgamas ⓘ
surface form: Shaiva Agamas

Tirumurai ⓘ
Vedas ⓘ
teaches importance of guru ⓘ
importance of mantra initiation (diksha) ⓘ
liberation through Shiva’s grace ⓘ
three impurities (anava, karma, maya) ⓘ
viewsSoulAs eternal but bound by impurities ⓘ
worships Shiva as supreme deity ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaivism → hasMajorBranch → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
Shaivism → hasPhilosophicalSchool → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
Tamil people → notableReligionPhilosophy → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
Kapaleeshwarar Temple → belongsToSect → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
Tirumurai → tradition → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Indian Shaivism
Tirumurai → centralTo → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta tradition
Tevaram → associatedReligion → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saiva Siddhanta
Sambandar → associatedWithTradition → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
Sundarar → associatedWith → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaiva Siddhanta tradition
Sundarar → veneratedIn → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamil Shaivism
Linga Purana → emphasizes → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
this entity surface form: supremacy of Shiva
Manikkavacakar → tradition → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
Siddha medicine → associatedWithBeliefSystem → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saiva Siddhanta
Tamil culture → hasPhilosophicalTradition → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval → belongsToSect → Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saiva Siddhanta tradition