Shaivism

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Hindu tradition religious tradition theistic tradition

Shaivism is a major Hindu tradition centered on the worship of the god Shiva as the supreme being, encompassing diverse philosophical schools, rituals, and devotional practices.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Shaivism canonical 107
Shaivites 8
Tamil Shaivism 7

Statements (90)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu tradition ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
theistic tradition ⓘ
associatedConcept Agamic ritual ⓘ
bhakti ⓘ
grace of Shiva ⓘ
guru-disciple lineage ⓘ
moksha ⓘ
tantra ⓘ
tapas ⓘ
centralDeity Shiva ⓘ
coreText Agamas ⓘ
Linga Purana ⓘ
Pratyabhijna texts ⓘ
Shiva Purana ⓘ
Shiva Sutras ⓘ
Skanda Purana ⓘ
Spanda Karikas ⓘ
Tantras ⓘ
Tevaram ⓘ
Tirumurai ⓘ
Tirumurai ⓘ
surface form: Tiruvacakam

Vayu Purana ⓘ
developedFrom Vedic Rudra worship ⓘ
emphasizes Shiva as creator, preserver, and destroyer ⓘ
inner realization of the Self as Shiva ⓘ
geographicRegion Himalayan region ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasDevotionalPoets Appar ⓘ
Manikkavacakar ⓘ
Nayanars ⓘ
Sambandar ⓘ
Sundarar ⓘ
hasMajorBranch Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ
Lingayatism ⓘ
Shaivism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nath tradition

Shaivism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pashupata Shaivism

Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
Shaivism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tamil Shaivism

Shaivism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Veerashaivism

Lingayatism ⓘ
surface form: Vira Shaivism
hasMonasticOrder Shaivism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dashanami sannyasis (Shaiva branches)

Nath yogis ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalSchool Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ
Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
dualistic Shaivism ⓘ
Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ
surface form: non-dual Shaivism

qualified non-dual Shaivism ⓘ
historicalOriginPeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
languageOfScripture Kashmiri ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
majorFestival Karthika Deepam ⓘ
Maha Shivaratri ⓘ
surface form: Mahashivaratri

Pradosha vrata ⓘ
majorPilgrimageSite Amarnath Cave Temple ⓘ
surface form: Amarnath

Chidambaram ⓘ
Mount Kailash ⓘ
surface form: Kailash Mountain

Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
Kedarnath Temple ⓘ
surface form: Kedarnath

Ramanathaswamy Temple ⓘ
surface form: Rameswaram Temple

Somnath Temple ⓘ
Srisailam Temple ⓘ
Varanasi ⓘ
majorPractice asceticism ⓘ
mantra chanting ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ
puja ⓘ
yoga ⓘ
majorRitual Mahashivaratri observance ⓘ
Rudra abhisheka ⓘ
abhisheka ⓘ
relatedTradition Shaktism ⓘ
Smartism ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
symbol Shiva linga ⓘ
damaru ⓘ
rudraksha beads ⓘ
trishula ⓘ
venerates Ganesha ⓘ
Kartikeya ⓘ
Nandi ⓘ
Devi ⓘ
surface form: Parvati

Shiva ⓘ
worshipsAsSupremeBeing Shiva ⓘ

Referenced by (140)

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

Hinduism → hasMajorTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Tamil → isLiturgicalLanguageOf → Shaivism ⓘ
Majapahit Empire → stateReligionForm → Shaivism ⓘ
Kediri Kingdom → religiousInfluence → Shaivism ⓘ
Smartism → contrastedWith → Shaivism ⓘ
Shiva → associatedWith → Shaivism ⓘ
Shiva → worshipTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Devi → veneratedIn → Shaivism ⓘ
Kashmiri Pandit → religiousTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Shaivism → hasMajorBranch → Shaivism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashupata Shaivism
Shaivism → hasMajorBranch → Shaivism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nath tradition
Shaivism → hasMajorBranch → Shaivism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Veerashaivism
Shaivism → hasMajorBranch → Shaivism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamil Shaivism
Shaivism → hasMonasticOrder → Shaivism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dashanami sannyasis (Shaiva branches)
Shaktism → relatedTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Tamil people → primaryReligion → Shaivism ⓘ
Trimbakeshwar → devotionalTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Kapaleeshwarar Temple → belongsToTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saivism
Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi → religion → Shaivism ⓘ
Balitung → religion → Shaivism ⓘ
Canggal inscription → religion → Shaivism ⓘ
Mpu Sindok → religion → Shaivism ⓘ
Sanjaya dynasty → religion → Shaivism ⓘ
Kutaraja → religiousTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Poh Pitu → associatedWithReligion → Shaivism ⓘ
Kertanegara → religion → Shaivism ⓘ
Bhakti movement → influenced → Shaivism ⓘ
Bhakti yoga → associatedWith → Shaivism ⓘ
Kartik → isImportantFor → Shaivism ⓘ
Surya → worshipTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Swami → commonInTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Nataraja sculptures → worshipContext → Shaivism ⓘ
Rudraksha beads → associatedWith → Shaivism ⓘ
Ardhanarishvara → associatedWith → Shaivism ⓘ
Pahari paintings → religiousContext → Shaivism ⓘ
Mahakala → tradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Ganapatya tradition → relatedTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Nandi → worshippedBy → Shaivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shaivites
Nritya Ganapati → veneratedIn → Shaivism ⓘ
Kanchipuram → religiousTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Tantrasāra → focus → Shaivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theology of Śiva
Gītārthasaṅgraha → religiousPerspective → Shaivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Śaiva
Neelkanth → worshippedInTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Kashmir Shaivism → mainClassification → Shaivism ⓘ
Bajrangbali → veneratedIn → Shaivism ⓘ
mouse (vehicle of Ganesha) → foundInTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
Tirumurai → religion → Shaivism ⓘ
Tirumurai → isSacredTextOf → Shaivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamil Shaivism
Tevaram → religiousTradition → Shaivism ⓘ
trishula → associatedConcept → Shaivism ⓘ
subject surface form: Trishula