Smarta Sampradaya

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Advaita Vedanta tradition Hindu religious tradition Sampradaya

Smarta Sampradaya is a liberal, monistic tradition within Hinduism that emphasizes the worship of multiple deities as manifestations of one ultimate reality, rooted in Advaita Vedanta philosophy.

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Surface form Occurrences
Smarta tradition 3
Smārta ritual traditions 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Advaita Vedanta tradition ⓘ
Hindu religious tradition ⓘ
Sampradaya ⓘ
associatedPractice Panchayatana Puja NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Adi Shankaracharya NERFINISHED ⓘ
attitude inclusive ⓘ
liberal ⓘ
classificationWithinHinduism Smarta tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWith Shaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shaktism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Smartism is non-sectarian compared to deity-specific sects NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreDoctrine monism ⓘ
non-dualism ⓘ
emphasizes liberal and inclusive worship practices ⓘ
unity of all deities ⓘ
worship of multiple deities ⓘ
ethicalEmphasis dharma and right conduct aligned with Vedic injunctions ⓘ
geographicRegion India NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalDevelopment systematized in the early medieval period ⓘ
influencedBy Adi Shankaracharya NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfScripture Sanskrit ⓘ
philosophicalBasis Advaita Vedanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
practiceIncludes domestic rituals ⓘ
meditation on Brahman ⓘ
study of Vedanta scriptures ⓘ
temple worship ⓘ
primaryGoal realization of Brahman ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
ritualFocus Panchayatana Puja NERFINISHED ⓘ
scripturalBasis Bhagavad Gita NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brahma Sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Smriti texts ⓘ
Upanishads NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialAspect followed by many Brahmin communities in South India ⓘ
theologicalView all deities are manifestations of one ultimate reality ⓘ
ultimateReality Brahman ⓘ
viewOnDeities different deities are equal paths to the same Brahman ⓘ
viewOnGod Ishvara is a personal manifestation of impersonal Brahman NERFINISHED ⓘ
viewOnLiberation moksha is realization of identity with Brahman ⓘ
viewOnReality Brahman is the only ultimate reality ⓘ
viewOnSectarianism rejects exclusive devotion to a single deity as ultimate ⓘ
viewOnWorld world is ultimately non-different from Brahman ⓘ
worships Ganesha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shakti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
Skanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Panchayatana puja → associatedWithSchool → Smarta Sampradaya ⓘ
Ganapatya tradition → relatedTradition → Smarta Sampradaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smarta tradition
Upadesasahasri → associatedWith → Smarta Sampradaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smarta tradition
Krishna Yajurveda → usedIn → Smarta Sampradaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smārta ritual traditions
Shiva lingam → worshipTradition → Smarta Sampradaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smarta tradition