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- noun Alternative form of
Saiva .
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Examples
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Only in Rameshwaram, the Shaiva tradition was sub-divided into six branches known as Shaiva, Rudra,
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The trident indicates a Shaiva or Shiva's devotee.
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I can imagine a conversation between a member of the Oh Yeah Well Prove It crowd and a Shaiva sadhu.
Josh Schrei: The Burden of Proof: How Atheism Has Adopted a Worldview That Science Never Intended 2010
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I can imagine a conversation between a member of the Oh Yeah Well Prove It crowd and a Shaiva sadhu.
The Burden of Proof: How Atheism Has Adopted a Worldview That Science Never Intended 2010
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Shaiva temples at Bhuvaneshwara, near Cuttack, in Orissa, and which were built about that period.
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Purâna give lists of such incarnations, as does also the Catechism of the Shaiva religion translated by Foulkes.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
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Traces of the practice are found as far back as the eighth century, for various kinds of the Auparishtaka are represented in the sculptures of many Shaiva temples at Bhuvaneshwara, near Cuttack, in Orissa, and which were built about that period.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From The Sanscrit In Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Vatsyayana 1855
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Shri Ramkrishna had said these words only to mean that various cults of Hindu Dharma, e.g. Vaishnav, Shaakta, Shaiva, Gaanapatya etc. are same and anyone is capable of obtaining Moksha by following anyone of them.
Australian Islamist Monitor Radhasyam Brahnachari 2010
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By the fifth century CE, the first devotional schools in the Shaiva tradition started to spring up in Southern India.
unknown title 2009
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Dashavatara figures, scenes from Vaishnava, Shaiva or Devipuranas are also the theme for the furniture along with birds, creepers, animals, flowers and fruits.
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