Shaivism
E21584
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.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shaivism canonical | 107 |
| Shaivites | 8 |
| Tamil Shaivism | 7 |
| Saivism | 3 |
| Hindu Shaivism | 2 |
| Śaivism | 2 |
| Dashanami sannyasis (Shaiva branches) | 1 |
| Nath tradition | 1 |
| Pashupata Shaivism | 1 |
| Rajasthani Shaivism | 1 |
| Shaiva Tantra | 1 |
| Shaiva tradition | 1 |
| Shaivite Hinduism | 1 |
| Tamil Saivism | 1 |
| Theology of Śiva | 1 |
| Veerashaivism | 1 |
| Śaiva | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152535 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaivism Context triple: [Hinduism, hasMajorTradition, Shaivism]
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A.
Vedanta
Vedanta is a major Hindu philosophical tradition that interprets and systematizes the teachings of the Upanishads, focusing on the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman) and the self (Atman).
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B.
Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
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C.
Hinduism
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest major religions, originating in the Indian subcontinent and characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and traditions centered on concepts like dharma, karma, and moksha.
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D.
Dvaita
Dvaita is a dualistic school of Hindu philosophy that emphasizes a fundamental distinction between the individual soul and the supreme God, typically identified as Vishnu.
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E.
Vishishtadvaita
Vishishtadvaita is a major Vedantic school of Hindu philosophy that teaches qualified non-dualism, affirming the unity of Brahman while recognizing the real distinctness of individual souls and the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaivism Target entity description: 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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A.
Vedanta
Vedanta is a major Hindu philosophical tradition that interprets and systematizes the teachings of the Upanishads, focusing on the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman) and the self (Atman).
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B.
Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
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C.
Hinduism
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest major religions, originating in the Indian subcontinent and characterized by diverse philosophies, rituals, and traditions centered on concepts like dharma, karma, and moksha.
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D.
Dvaita
Dvaita is a dualistic school of Hindu philosophy that emphasizes a fundamental distinction between the individual soul and the supreme God, typically identified as Vishnu.
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E.
Vishishtadvaita
Vishishtadvaita is a major Vedantic school of Hindu philosophy that teaches qualified non-dualism, affirming the unity of Brahman while recognizing the real distinctness of individual souls and the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shaivism Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (140)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shaivites
this entity surface form:
Tamil Shaivism
this entity surface form:
Tamil Shaivism
this entity surface form:
Śaivism
this entity surface form:
Shaiva tradition
this entity surface form:
Śaivism
this entity surface form:
Tamil Shaivism
this entity surface form:
Tamil Shaivism
this entity surface form:
Shaivites
this entity surface form:
Shaivites
this entity surface form:
Shaivites