Cuttacaivam, Cutta-caivam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Cuttacaivam (சுத்தசைவம்) [cutta-caivam] noun < idem. +. A Śaiva sect which holds that the initiate should realise that pati, pacu and pācam are eternal, practise the yoga of Silence and become absorbed in Śiva, one of sixteen caivam, q. v.; சைவம் பதினாறனுள் பதி பசு பாசங்கள் அநாதி நித்தி யம் என்றறிந்து பதிநிச்சயம் பிறந்து மௌனமே பொரு ளாய் நிட்டைகூடிச் சிவத்துடன் கூடுவதாகக் கூறும் கொள்கை. [saivam pathinaranul pathi pasu pasangal anathi nithi yam enrarinthu pathinichayam piranthu mauname poru lay nittaigudis sivathudan kuduvathagak kurum kolkai.] (சிவஞானபோத பாஷ்யம் அவையடக். [sivagnanapotha pashyam avaiyadag.] 35.)

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