Shaiva Siddhanta (IAST: Śaiva-siddhānta) is a form of Shaivism popular in South India and Sri Lanka which propounds a devotional philosophy with the ultimate...

many sub-traditions ranging from devotional dualistic theism such as Shaiva Siddhanta to yoga-orientated monistic non-theism such as Kashmiri Shaivism. It...

of Shaiva Siddhanta as expressed in the Tirumantiram of Tirumular. While also sharing this branch's disagreements with the dualistic Shaiva Siddhanta school...

Sanskrit: परशिव, IAST: Paraśiva) is the highest aspect of Shiva in Shaiva Siddhanta and in Kashmir Shaivism. Below him are the primordial Shiva with the...

Nakulisa Shaiva Siddhanta, the theistic Sankhya school Pratyabhijña, the recognitive school of Kashmir Shaivism, Trika Raseśvara, a Shaiva school that...

philosopher who taught the pursuit of an ethical life and the theology of Shaiva Siddhanta. Kaumaram is the Hindu denomination that primarily venerates Kartikeya...

influential Saiva Siddhanta matha named after Mattamayura. Other historical evidence suggests that these Shaiva monks were active in Shaiva theosophical scholarship...

philosophical foundation of Shaiva Siddhanta. He is one of the most prominent of the sixty-three Nayanars, Tamil Shaiva bhakti saints who lived between...

Santhanam Sarvoktham Parameshwaram Kiranam Vathulam The Shaiva Agamas led to the Shaiva Siddhanta philosophy in Tamil-speaking regions of South India, which...

is preceded by the devotional syllable "Om". In Siddha Shaivism and Shaiva Siddhanta Shaivism traditions, Namah Shivaya is considered as Pancha Bodha Tatva...