A Short Introduction to Saivism

according action Āgamas Allama appears ascetic associated attain avidyā Basava becomes bhakti bhāṣya bindu birth and rebirth body bondage Brahma-sūtra Brahman buddhi called century A.D. commentary creation deity described devotion dhyāna doctrine Dravidian energy entity eternal experience Gorakṣa guņas impurities individual souls inference instrumental cause Iśvara Jains kalā Kālamukhas Kalikamar Kāpālikas karma Kauṇḍinya kinds knowledge liberation linga literature Lord Siva Mādhava Maheśvara mala Manickavasagar manifested material cause māyā meditation mind monistic Naiyāyikas nature of Śiva Nyāya objects Pallava pāśa paśu Pasupata Pāśupata system Pasupata-sūtra prakṛti Purāņas pure consciousness purușa rāga Rāmānuja reality referred regarded Rudra Saiva Śaiva philosophy Śaiva Siddhanta Śaiva thought Śaivism śakti Sambandhar Samkhya sang a Padigam Śankara Sanskrit says schools of Śaivism sects sense Siddhanta Śiva Śiva-mahāpurāṇa Śiva's Śripati sthala Sundaramurti Sundarar supreme Lord sūtra Tamil tanmātras Tattva-prakāśa teachers temple texts things ultimate Upanisads various Vedanta Vedas Vedic Vira Vira-Śaiva worship yoga