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Saivism in Philosophical Perspective Pdf Saivism in philosophical perspective pdf Continue Mahukan lebih banyak lagi? Butiran, contoh, dan bantuan pembenaman lanjutan! Mahukan lebih banyak lagi? Butiran, contoh, dan bantuan pembenaman lanjutan! One of the major traditions within Hinduism that reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being Shaivism Part of a series onShaivism DeitiesParamashiva(Supreme being) Shiva Sadasiva Bhairava Rudra Virabhadra Shakti Durga Kali Parvati Sati Ganesha Murugan Sastha Shiva forms Others Scriptures and texts Vedas Upanishads (Svetasvatara) Agamas and Tantras Shivasutras Tirumurai Vachanas Philosophy Three Components Pati Pashu Pasam Three bondages Anava Karma Maya 36 Tattvas Yoga Satkaryavada Abhasavada Svatantrya Aham Practices Vibhuti Rudraksha Panchakshara Bilva Maha Shivaratri Yamas-Niyamas Guru-Linga-Jangam Schools Adi Margam Pashupata Kalamukha Kapalika Mantra Margam Saiddhantika Siddhantism Non - Saiddhantika Kashmir Shaivism Pratyabhijna Vama Dakshina Kaula: Trika-Yamala- Kubjika-Netra Others Nath Inchegeri Veerashaiva/Lingayatism Siddharism Sroutaism Aghori Indonesian Scholars Lakulisha Abhinavagupta Vasugupta Utpaladeva Nayanars Meykandar Nirartha Basava Sharana Srikantha Appayya Navnath Related Nandi Tantrism Bhakti Jyotirlinga Shiva Temples vte Part of a series onHinduism Hindus History Origins History Indus Valley Civilisation Historical Vedic religion Śramaṇa Tribal religions in India Main traditions Vaishnavism Shaivism Shaktism Smartism Swaminarayanism Deities Trimurti Brahma Vishnu Shiva Other major Devas / Devis Vedic Indra Agni Prajapati Rudra Devi Saraswati Ushas Varuna Vayu Post-Vedic Durga Ganesha Hanuman Kali Kartikeya Krishna Lakshmi Parvati Radha Rama Shakti Sita Swaminarayan Concepts Worldview Hindu cosmology Puranic chronology Hindu mythology Supreme Reality Brahman Om Parabrahman God Ishvara God in Hinduism God and gender Life Varna Brahmana Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Ashrama (stage) Brahmacharya Grihastha Vanaprastha Sannyasa Purusharthas Dharma Artha Kama Moksha Mind Antahkarana Pramanas Guna Ahamkara (Attachment) Uparati (Self-settledness) Titiksha (Forbearance) Ānanda (Happiness) Kshama (Forgiveness) Shama (Equanimity) Dama (Temperance) Dhyana (Serenity) Moksha (Release) Viveka (Discrimination) Vairagya (Dispassion) Samadhana (Complete Concentration) Shraddha (Faith) Shadripu (Six Enemies) Liberation Atman Maya Karma Saṃsāra Ethics Niti shastra Yamas Niyama Ahimsa Asteya Aparigraha Brahmacharya Satya Damah Dayā Akrodha Ārjava Santosha Tapas Svādhyāya Shaucha Mitahara Dāna Sources of dharma Liberation Bhakti yoga Jnana yoga Karma yoga PracticesWorship Puja Śrauta Temple Murti Bhakti Japa Bhajana Yajna Homa Vrata Prāyaścitta Tirtha Tirthadana Matha Nritta-Nritya Meditation and Charity Tapa Dhyana Dāna Yoga Sadhu Yogi Asana Hatha yoga Jnana yoga Bhakti yoga Karma yoga Raja yoga Kundalini Yoga Seni Bharatanatyam Kathak Kathakali Kuchipudi Manipuri Mohiniyattam Odissi Sattriya Bhagavata Mela Dandiya Dandiya Muzik karnatik Pandav Lila Upes laluan Sampah Pumsavana Simantonayana Jatakarma Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushud Samavartana Vivaha Antyeshti Ashrama Dharma Ashrama: Brahmacharya Grihastha Vanaprastha Sannyasa Festival Diwali Holi Shivaratri Navaratri Durga Puja Ramlila Vijayadashami-Dussehra Raksha Bandhan Ganesh Chaturthi Vasant Panchami Rama Navami Janmashtami Onam Makar Sankranti Kumbha Mela Pongal Ugadi Vaisakhi Bihu Puthandu Vishu Ratha Ya Sekolah Falsafah Enam sekolah Astika Samkhya Yoga Nyaya Vaisheshika Mimamsa Vedanta Advaita Dvaita Vishishtadvaita Akshar-Purushottam Darshan Sekolah-sekolah lain Pasupata Saiva Pratyabhijña Charvaka Gurus, saints, ahli falsafah Purba Agastya Angiras Aruni Ashtavakra Atri Bharadwaja Gotama Jamadagni Jaimini Kanada Kapila Kashyapa Pāṇini Patanjali Raikva Satyakama JabalaValmiki Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Zaman Pertengahan Nayanars Alvars Adi Shankara Basava Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Siddheshwar Jñāneśvar Chaitanya Gangesha Upadhyaya Gaudapada Gorakshanath Jayanta Bhatta Kabir Kumarila Bhatta Matsyendranath Mahavatar Babaji Madhusudana Madhva Haridasa Thakur Namdeva Nimbarka Prabhakara Raghunatha Siromani Ramanuja Sankardev Purandara Dasa Kanak-kanak Dasa Ramprasad Sen Jagannatha Dasa Vyasaraya Sripadaraya Raghavendra Swami Gopala Dasa Śyāma Śastri Vedanta Desika Tyagaraja Tukaram Tulsidas Vachaspati Mishra Vallabha Vidyaranya Moden Swaminarayan Pramukh Swami Maharaj Mahant Swami Maharaj Aurobindo Bhaktivinoda Thakur Chinmayananda Dayananda Saraswati Mahesh Yogi Jaggi Vasudev Krishnananda Saraswati Narayana Guru Prabhupada Ramakrishna Ramana Maharshi Radhakrishnan Sarasvati Sivananda U. 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Krishnamurti Sai Baba Vivekananda Nigamananda Yogananda Ramachandra Dattatrya Ranade Tibbetibaba Trailanga Teks Kitab Suci Vedas Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda Bahagian Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishad Upanishads Rigveda : Aitareya Kaushitaki Yajurveda: Brihadaranyaka Isha Taittiriya Katha Shvetashvatara Maitri Samaveda: Chandogya Kena Atharvaveda: Mundaka Mandukya Prashna Skrip lainures Bhagavad Gita Agama (Agama Hindu) Vachanamrut Teks lain Vedangas Shiksha Chandas Vyakarana Nirukta Kalpa Jyotisha Puranas Vishnu Purana Bhagavata Purana Nāradeya Purana Vāmana Purana Matsya Purana Garana Brahma Purana Brahmānda Purana Brahma Vaivarta Purana Bhavishya Purana Padma Purana Agni Purana Shiana Purana Linga Purana Kūr Purana Skanda Purana Varaha Purana Mārkandeya Purana Itihasas Ramayana Mahabharata Upavedas Ayurveda Dhanurveda Gandharvaveda Sthapatyaveda Shastras dan Sutras Dharma Shastra Artha Śastra Shilpa Shastra Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras Nyāya Sūtras Vaiśeṣika Sūtra Yoga Sutras Pramana Sutras Charaka Samhita Sushruta Samhita Natya Shastra Panchatantra Divya Prabandha Ramcharitmanas Yoga Vasistha Swara yoga Panchadasi Stotra Samhita Sutras Classification text Śruti Smriti Timeline Text Hindu Unity Varna Brahmin Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Dalit Teak Persecution Hindutva National Anthem Other Topics Hindus Critique Mythical Calendar Of Hajj Myths Hindu sites and Jainism / and Buddhism / and The Sikh/and Jewish/and Christian/and Islamic Glossary of the Hindu term Hinduism portal vte Shaivism (/ˈɪaɪvɪzəm/) is one of the main traditions in Hinduism that resigns Shiva as Great [1] [2] [note 1] Followers of Shaivism are called Shaivites or Saivites. He was one of the greatest sects who believed Shiva, worshipped as the creator and destroyer of the world, was the highest god in all. [3] Shaiva has many sub-traditions consisting of bi-devotional thems such as Shaiva Siddhanta to yoga-oriented monistics rather than theologians such as Kashmiri Shaivism. [4] [5] He regarded both the Vedas and Religion texts as important theological sources. [7] [8] The origin of Shaivism may have been impressed by rudra's concept in Veda Pelantar. [10] Shaivism has ancient roots, found in the literature of the 2nd Vedic alaf BCE, but this is in the form of the Vedic Rudra deiti. [11] Shvetashvatara Upanishad's ancient text dates back to 1 millennium BCE mentioning terms such as Rudra, Shiva and Maheshwaram,[12][13] but its interpretation of the mystical or monistic text of Shaivism is disputed. [14] At the beginning of the ordinary era century was the first clear evidence of Pāśupata Shaivism. [11] Both adherent shaivism and monistics became popular in the first CE alaf, quickly becoming the dominant religious tradition of many Hindu kingdoms. [11] It arrived in Southeast Asia shortly afterwards, which led to the construction of thousands of Shaiva temples on islands in Indonesia as well as Cambodia and Vietnam, flourishing along with Buddhism in these regions. [16] In the contemporary era, Shaivism was one of the main aspects of Hinduism. [11] Shaivist's theology ranges from Shiva as creator, keeper, and destroyer to just like Atman (self, soul) in himself and every life. He is closely associated with Shaktism, and some shaiva worshippers at Shiva and Shakti temples. [6] It is the hindu tradition that most accepts ascetic life and emphasizes yoga, and like other Hindu traditions encourages an individual to meet and become one with Shiva in. [4] [5] Shaivism is one of the greatest traditions in Hinduism. [19] Shiva's etymology and taaufan (IAST: śiva, Sanskrit: a.k.a.) are literally well-intentioned, friendly, voracious, or lucky. [21] As the correct name, it means the Lucky One. [22] Shiva's words are used as an adjective in rig Veda, as an epithet to several Rigvedic gods, including Rudra. [23] The term Also marking the release, the final and the lucky ones, the sense of use of this adjective is addressed to many gods in the Vedic literature layer. [25] The term expanded from Vedic Rudra-Shiva to Shiva's nouns in Epic and Puranas, as a lucky god who was the creator, reproduction and dissolution. [24] The word Sanskrit śaiva or shaiva means related to the god of Shiva,[27] while the beliefs, practices, history, literature and sub-traditions associated with Shaivism. [28] An outrageous overview for Shiva is one of the pan-Hindu traditions widely discovered throughout India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. [29] Although Shiva is widely respected, Hinduism itself is a complex religion and way of life, with a diversity of ideas about spirituality and tradition. It has no ecclesiastical order, no indiscrigious religious authority, no governing body, no prophet or any binding scriptures; Hindus can choose to be polytheistic, pantheistic, monotheistic, monistic, agnostic, atheist, or human. [32] [33] Shaivism was a
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