Smartism
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Smartism is a major Hindu tradition that emphasizes the worship of multiple deities as different manifestations of the one ultimate reality, often centered on Advaita Vedanta philosophy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu tradition
→
denomination of Hinduism → |
| allows | personal choice of ishta devata (chosen deity) → |
| associatedWithPhilosophy | Advaita Vedanta → |
| attitudeToSectarianism | inclusive and non-sectarian → |
| centralConcept | Brahman → |
| classedAs |
Smartism
→
surface form: "Smarta tradition"
|
| classification | one of the major Hindu sampradayas → |
| contrastedWith |
Shaivism
→
Shaktism → Smartas’ sectarian exclusivism (which it rejects) → Vaishnavism → |
| coreDoctrine | non-dualism (Advaita) → |
| emphasizes | worship of multiple deities → |
| emphasizesPractice |
Vedic ritual
→
meditation → study of scriptures (svadhyaya) → |
| geographicRegion | India → |
| historicalDevelopment | systematized in the medieval period → |
| influencedBy | Adi Shankaracharya → |
| languageOfScripture | Sanskrit → |
| panchayatanaPujaIncludes |
Ganesha
→
Devi →
surface form: "Shakti"
Shiva → Surya → Vishnu → |
| recognizesDeity |
Ganesha
→
Devi →
surface form: "Shakti"
Shiva → Kartikeya →
surface form: "Skanda (Kartikeya)"
Surya → Vishnu → |
| religiousTraditionOf | Hinduism → |
| ritualFocus | Panchayatana puja → |
| scripturalBasis |
Bhagavad Gita
→
Brahma Sutras → Smriti texts → Upanishads → Vedas → |
| soteriologicalGoal | moksha (liberation) → |
| teaches | all major deities are equal paths to Brahman → |
| teachesPathToMoksha |
devotion (bhakti)
→
knowledge (jnana) → ritual action (karma) properly understood → |
| theologicalView | all deities are manifestations of one ultimate reality → |
| viewOnOtherDeities | local and sectarian deities are forms of the same Brahman → |
| viewOnReality |
Brahman
→
surface form: "Brahman is nirguna (without attributes) in ultimate sense"
saguna Brahman (with attributes) is valid for devotional worship → |
| viewsBrahmanAs | ultimate reality → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.