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- noun Alternative form of
Shaivism .
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Examples
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Sivaism and Vishnuism have overshadowed the older religion like a rank growth of poisonous weeds.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The "Mahabharata," the work of many hands, was begun about the fifth century B.C. under Brahmin influence, and in the folowing centuries received additions and modifications, in the interests now of Vishnuism now of Sivaism, till it assumed its final shape in the sixth century of the Christian Era.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Northern and Eastern Provinces, and the form of Hinduism most in favour is Sivaism or the worship of Siva.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Both Sivaism and Vishnuism departed more and more strongly from tradition Brahminism, and assumed a decidedly sectarian character towards the older religion and also towards each other.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The Nâgarakrĕtagama represents this king as a devout Buddhist but his very title Śivabuddha shows how completely Sivaism and Buddhism were fused in his religion.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
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It has been stated that the religion of Java in the Madjapahit epoch was Sivaism with a little
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
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These legends indicate that there was a large proportion of Sivaism in the religion first taught to the Mongols, larger perhaps than in the present Lamaism of Lhasa.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
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They may be classified under three principal heads, (i) The monotheistic Sivaism of the south. (ii)
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
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Sivaism made its appearance only when the ground had been prepared by them.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
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Sivaism is restricted to certain periods and districts of southern
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
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