The Sanskrit term Śaivacintāmaṇi can be transliterated into English as Saivacintamani or Shaivacintamani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shaivacintamani.

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Sahitya Manthan: Worship shiva in Saivacintamanih

Śaivacintāmaṇi (शैवचिन्तामणि) was written by Lakṣmīdhara Miśra, who was also the author of the Śaivakalpadruma (17th century). It is known that Lakṣmīdhara Miśra—an ardent devotee of the then Śiva of Svarṇādri i.e. Bhubaneswar—was an inhabitant of Bhubaneswar. The Śaivacintāmaṇi text is fully devoted to the rituals and glorification of Lord Śiva in this text there are descriptions related to the glorification as the Lord of the Universe. He is supposed to give full protection and blessings to the devotees in Śiva tradition. In the Śaivacintāmaṇi, the uniqueness of Lord Śiva is described through local mode of worship following Purāṇic tradition of Śaiva tradition.

Source: Journal of The Ganganatha Jha Campus: Traces of Śivadharma and Śivadharmottara in the Śaiva Scriptures of Odisha

Śaivacintāmaṇi (शैवचिन्तामणि) is the name of a Sanskrit text written by Lakshmidhara Mishra (seventeenth century A. D.) representing one of the many Śaiva scriptures proper of Odisha.—Śaivacintāmaṇi and Śaivakalpadruma are manuals for Śaiva priests, and both have been composed by the same author named Lakṣmīdhara Miśra. In the year 1994 Dukhisyama Pattanayak of Odisha published an edition of Śaivacintāmaṇi. It describes a Śaivite’s daily divine practices (nityācāras) and nyāsa, japa, dhyāna, mudrā, āvahana and visarjana pertaining to temple worship (pūjāpaddhatis) in eight chapters (paṭalas). It has been observed that Śaivakalpadruma has cited, directly and interestedly without mentioning the source, passages from Śaivacintāmaṇi. Therefore, it is assumed that Śaivacintāmaṇi is earlier than Śaivakalpadruma. It has been assumed by Dukhisyama Pattanayak that the time of the composition of Śaivacintāmaṇi could be the last decade of the 17th century6, and according to G. C. Tripathi the probable date of composition of Śaivakalpadruma is around 1675 A.D.

It has been observed that Śaivakalpadruma has cited, directly and interestedly without mentioning the source, passages from Śaivacintāmaṇi. Therefore, it is assumed that Śaivacintāmaṇi is earlier than Śaivakalpadruma. It has been assumed by Dukhisyama Pattanayak that the time of the composition of Śaivacintāmaṇi could be the last decade of the 17th century, and according to G. C. Tripathi the probable date of composition of Śaivakalpadruma is around 1675 A.D.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) 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.

India history and geography

Source: Sahitya Manthan: Worship shiva in Saivacintamanih (history)

Śaivacintāmaṇi (शैवचिन्तामणि) was taken up for editing in the year 1969 by Odisha State Museum. At the outset as an auspicious beginning of the ‘ Orissan Oriental Text Series (in Sanskrit) with a view to editing all the rare and valuable manuscripts of Orissan authors Preserved in the Orissa State Museum, presently called Śrī Jayadeva Orissa State Museum, Bhubaneswar. In addition, Bhubaneswar being the cathedral city and famous seat of Śaivism, it was considered necessary to edit the Śaivacintāmaṇi, followed in the performance of worship and rituals in Liṅgarāja temple as an authoritative guide book. The palm-leaf manuscripts of the Śaivacintāmaṇi are locally available in plenty of the manuscripts collected from different areas and preserved in the Orissa State museum, and were selected a dozen manuscripts for the purpose of editing. The editing was completed by Śrī Dukhisyam Pattanaik and it was published in the year 1994 from the Directorate of Culture, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar-751014.

The Śaivacintāmaṇi was written by Lakṣmīdhara Miśra, who was also the author of the Śaivakalpadruma. Lakṣmīdhara’s Śaivakalpadruma(Dh.33) preserved in the Dharmaśāstra section of the Odisha State Museum. Śaivacintāmaṇi seems to be a work of Lakṣmīdhara at his ripe age, when he was sorrow sticken through his growing experience in this world of miseries and worries. As such it may probably be a work of the last decade of the 17th century as decided by the editor.

Source: Academia: The Śaiva Literature (history)

Śaivacintāmaṇi (शैवचिन्तामणि) is the name of a text authored by Lakṣmīdharamiśra, a late-seventeenth-century Vaidika of Bhubaneshwar under Gajapati Mukundadeva I.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Partial matches: Shaiva, Chintamani, Cintamani.

Full-text: Shaivakalpadruma.

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