Śaiva Āgamas
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Śaiva Āgamas are a body of sacred Hindu scriptures central to Śaivism, outlining its theology, ritual practices, temple architecture, and paths to liberation centered on the worship of Śiva.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Śaiva Āgamas canonical | 5 |
| Shaiva Agamas | 1 |
| Śaiva Tantra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5087224 — 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: Śaiva Āgamas Context triple: [Tantrasāra, influencedBy, Śaiva Āgamas]
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Āgamas
Āgamas are early Buddhist scriptural collections preserving discourses attributed to the historical Buddha, closely paralleling the Pali Nikāyas in content and structure.
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Shiva Sutras
Shiva Sutras is a foundational Sanskrit scripture of Kashmir Shaivism that outlines a non-dual philosophy and yogic path to realizing the nature of consciousness.
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Pancharatra texts
Pancharatra texts are a group of ancient Hindu scriptures central to a devotional tradition of Vaishnavism that elaborate rituals, theology, and worship of Vishnu and his avatars.
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D.
Tirumurai
Tirumurai is the twelve-volume collection of sacred Tamil Shaivite devotional hymns that forms a central scripture of South Indian Shaivism.
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Shakta canon
The Shakta canon is the body of Hindu sacred texts that focus on the worship of the Goddess (Devi) as the supreme reality, central to Shaktism.
- 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: Śaiva Āgamas Target entity description: Śaiva Āgamas are a body of sacred Hindu scriptures central to Śaivism, outlining its theology, ritual practices, temple architecture, and paths to liberation centered on the worship of Śiva.
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A.
Āgamas
Āgamas are early Buddhist scriptural collections preserving discourses attributed to the historical Buddha, closely paralleling the Pali Nikāyas in content and structure.
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B.
Shiva Sutras
Shiva Sutras is a foundational Sanskrit scripture of Kashmir Shaivism that outlines a non-dual philosophy and yogic path to realizing the nature of consciousness.
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C.
Pancharatra texts
Pancharatra texts are a group of ancient Hindu scriptures central to a devotional tradition of Vaishnavism that elaborate rituals, theology, and worship of Vishnu and his avatars.
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D.
Tirumurai
Tirumurai is the twelve-volume collection of sacred Tamil Shaivite devotional hymns that forms a central scripture of South Indian Shaivism.
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E.
Shakta canon
The Shakta canon is the body of Hindu sacred texts that focus on the worship of the Goddess (Devi) as the supreme reality, central to Shaktism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu scripture corpus
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religious text ⓘ Śaiva scripture ⓘ |
| centralDeity | Śiva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classification |
Tāntrika Śaiva Āgamas
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Vaidika (more Veda-aligned) Śaiva Āgamas ⓘ non-Siddhānta Śaiva Āgamas ⓘ Śaiva Siddhānta Āgamas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
cosmological and metaphysical teachings
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daily worship procedures (pūjā-vidhi) ⓘ ethical and disciplinary rules for initiates ⓘ festival observances ⓘ meditation methods on Śiva ⓘ rules for image consecration (pratiṣṭhā) ⓘ rules for temple construction ⓘ yogic practices ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Vaiṣṇava Āgamas (Pāñcarātra and Vaikhānasa)
NERFINISHED
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Śākta Āgamas (Tantras) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctrine |
emphasis on ritual worship as a means to liberation
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graded paths of spiritual practice ⓘ importance of guru and initiation (dīkṣā) ⓘ use of mantras and nyāsas ⓘ Śiva as supreme reality ⓘ |
| geographicalInfluence |
Andhra Pradesh
NERFINISHED
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Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ South India NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka (Tamil Śaiva temples) ⓘ Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
daily worship patterns in many Śiva temples
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iconographic standards for Śiva images ⓘ Śaiva temple architecture ⓘ Śaiva temple ritual in South India ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| primaryFocus |
mantra and initiation
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temple architecture and iconography ⓘ temple ritual ⓘ worship of Śiva ⓘ yoga and liberation ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Vedic tradition (often claiming Vedic basis) ⓘ |
| relatedTradition |
Kashmir Śaivism (uses some Āgamic material)
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Śaiva Siddhānta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| scripturalCategory | Āgama ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus |
authoritative tantra literature in Śaivism
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revelation (śruti or quasi-śruti) for many Śaivas ⓘ |
| textualForm | dialogues between Śiva and Pārvatī or other deities ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
bondage (pāśa) and liberation (mokṣa)
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grace (anugraha) of Śiva ⓘ relationship between Śiva and the individual soul (paśu) ⓘ |
| timeFrame | composed over many centuries in the first millennium CE and later ⓘ |
| tradition | Śaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transmission | guru-disciple lineage ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Śaiva Tantra
this entity surface form:
Shaiva Agamas