Shaivagama, 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补, Shaiva-agama: 10 definitions

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Shaivagama means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补 can be transliterated into English as Saivagama or Shaivagama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Wisdom Library: Elements of Hindu Iconograpy

The 膧gamas that were proclaimed to the world by the Sadyoj膩ta face are:鈥�

碍腻尘颈办腻驳补尘补,
驰辞驳补箩腻驳补尘补,
颁丑颈苍迟测腻驳补尘补,
碍腻谤补峁嚹乬补尘补
and Ajit腻驳补尘补;

those by the V膩madeva face are:鈥�

顿墨辫迟腻驳补尘补,
厂奴办峁腻驳补尘补,
厂补丑补蝉谤腻驳补尘补,
A峁兣泆m膩n腻驳补尘补 (also called A峁兣泆madbhed腻驳补尘补)
and Suprabhed腻驳补尘补;

those by the Agora (Ag艒ra) face are:鈥�

痴颈箩补测腻驳补尘补,
狈颈艣惫腻蝉腻驳补尘补,
厂惫腻测补尘产丑耻惫腻驳补尘补,
础苍补濒腻驳补尘补
and V墨r腻驳补尘补;

those by the Tatpuru峁 face are:鈥�

搁补耻谤补惫腻驳补尘补,
惭补办耻峁乬补尘补,
痴颈尘补濒腻驳补尘补,
颁补苍诲谤补箩帽腻苍腻驳补尘补
and Mukhabimb腻驳补尘补;

and those by the 莫艣膩na face are:鈥�

笔谤辞诲驳墨迟腻驳补尘补,
尝补濒颈迟腻驳补尘补,
厂颈诲诲丑腻驳补尘补,
厂补苍迟腻苍腻驳补尘补,
狈补谤补蝉颈峁僪腻驳补尘补,
笔腻谤补尘别艣惫补谤腻驳补尘补,
碍颈谤补峁嚹乬补尘补
and V膩tu岣纺宀挡钩静�,

making in all twenty-eight in number.

It is from these five faces the 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补s were given out to the world.

context information

Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣膩stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: DSpace at Pondicherry: Siddha Cult in Tamilnadu (shaivism)

艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补 (啶多啶掂ぞ啶椸ぎ).鈥擳he 艢aiva 膧gamas are valuable sources of information about 艢aivite temples鈥揻rom the selection of the site up to the installation of images.

: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of 艢iva

艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补 (啶多啶掂ぞ啶椸ぎ) represents one of the three classes of 腻驳补尘补蝉 (traditionally communicated wisdom).鈥擳he 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补s represent the wisdom that has come down from lord 艢iva, received by P膩rvat墨 and accepted by Vi峁ａ箛u so, it is termed as 腻驳补尘补. Or, it represents the wisdom proceeded from the mouth of 艢iva, received by P膩rvat墨, which is capable of removing three impurities are called as 腻驳补尘补蝉.

艢aiva-腻驳补尘补 is again divided in to four groups viz. 艢aiva, P膩艣upata, Soma and L膩kula. 艢aiva is further divided in to Dak峁峁嘺, V膩ma and Siddh膩nta. Dak峁na is again divided in to Bhairava and Aghora. V膩ma is again divided in to An膩di, P奴rva and Pa艣cima. Bhairava again divided in to Mah膩vrata, K膩l膩mukha, K膩p膩la and P膩艣upata. Siddh膩nta again divided in to two groups viz. 艢ivabheda and Rudrabheda.

Each of the 膧gama is divided in to four parts. They are called as Vidy膩p膩da (or J帽膩nap膩da), Yogap膩da, Kriy膩p膩da and Cary膩p膩da.

: Shodhganga: Temple management in the 膧gamas

艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补 (啶多啶掂ぞ啶椸ぎ) refers the canonical texts of 艢aivism. The 腻驳补尘补 texts are the philosophical base of the 艢iddh膩nta school of 艢aivism, most popular in the south of India, especially in Tamil Nadu. 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补s also contain technical manuals on temple building as well as ritual manuals on worship. Both temple building and ritual worship at the temple continue to follow the 腻驳补尘补蝉 even today.

The 艢aiva-腻驳补尘补蝉 (艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补, 艢iv腻驳补尘补, 艢iva艣膩stra) are the canonical texts of 艢aivism. P奴rvak膩mik腻驳补尘补 states that even though said in several ways, the twenty eight 腻驳补尘补蝉 with the four 辫腻诲补蝉 are the only source of bhoga and 尘辞办峁. Jagdish Chandra Chatterjee (1962) traces the origin of 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补 to the Vedic Revelations: 鈥淚n Kashmir itself鈥� Shivagama is regarded as of high antiquity, indeed of eternal existence like the Vedas鈥�.

: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Shaivism)

Tri峁兣沘t (啶む啶班た啶傕ざ啶む) refers to 鈥渆xperts (on the 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补s)鈥�, according to the Dak峁峁嚹乵奴rti (Dak峁峁嚹乵奴rtistotrabh膩v膩rthav膩rttika), otherwise known as the M膩nasoll膩sa and attributed to a Sure艣var膩c膩rya.鈥擜ccordingly, while discussing the thirty-six Tattvas of 艢aivism: 鈥淭hose who know the scriptures of S膩峁卥hya know twenty-four Tattvas. Those versed in the Pur膩峁嘺s teach thirty Tattvas [which are] Mahat, K膩la, Pradh膩na, M膩y膩, Vidy膩 and P奴ru峁 along with the [twenty-four of S膩峁卥hya]. Experts (惫颈艣腻谤补诲补) on the 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补s speak of thirty-six, [the six additional ones being,] Bindu, N膩da, 艢akti, 艢iva, 艢膩nta and finally At墨ta鈥�.

context information

Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣补颈惫补) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

General definition (in Hinduism)

: WikiPedia: Hinduism

The Shaiva Agama perceives its texts were generated from Shiva as:鈥擣rom Shiva to Devi, from Devi to Nandhi, from Nandhi to Brahma, from Brahma to Rishi and from Rishi to human beings.

The Saiva Agamas are found in four main schools - Kapala, Kalamukha, Pashupata and Saiva鈥攁nd number 28 in total as follows:

Kamikam
Yogajam
Chintyam
Karanam
Ajitham
Deeptham
Sukskmam
Sahasram
Ashuman
Suprabedham
Vijayam
Nishwasam
Swayambhuvam
Analam
Veeram
Rouravam
Makutam
Vimalam
Chandragnanam
Bimbam
Prodgeetham
Lalitham
Sidham
Santhanam
Sarvoktham
Parameshwaram
Kiranam
Vathulam

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补 (啶多啶掂ぞ啶椸ぎ) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥�Oppert. Ii, 3438. Quoted in 艢aktiratn膩kara Oxf. 102^a, by M膩dhav膩c膩rya Oxf. 271^a, in 峁琽岣峚r膩nanda W. p. 290, in Para艣ur膩maprak膩艣a W. p. 312, in Nir峁嘺yasindhu. 艢aiv膩game Ugraratha艣膩ntikalpaprayoga. L. 3234.
鈥摈腻帽肠腻濒补箩腻迟颈惫颈惫别办补. B. 3, 130.
鈥擯au峁are J帽膩nap膩davy膩khy膩na. Mysore. 4.
鈥摈谤补迟颈峁ａ弓丑腻办补濒辫腻诲补测补岣�. Mysore. 4.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补 (啶多啶掂ぞ啶椸ぎ):鈥擺from 艣补颈惫补] m. Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补 (嗖多硤嗖掂簿嗖椸伯):鈥擺noun] any of twenty eight Sa峁僺k峁泃a texts that deal with the worship of 艢iva.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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