Shaivadarshana, Śaivadarśana: 3 definitions

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Shaivadarshana 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 Śaivadarśana can be transliterated into English as Saivadarsana or Shaivadarshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

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Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram (shaivism)

Śaivadarśana (शैवदर्शन) refers to all the schools of Āgamic Śaivism collectively, which Kashmiri Śaivites refer to as ‘Pārameśvaradarśana’. It is also regularly used to mean ‘Tantric or Kaula teaching’. Each one of the Kaula traditions (āmnāya) is a ‘darśana’. It denotes both the entire Tantric system and, as the rites and Yogic practices taught in any Tantric system imply a view of reality, it also implicitly denotes its theoretical, metaphysical basis.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shaivadarshana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Śaivadarśana (शैवदर्शन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the seventh chapter of the Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha.

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

1) Śaivadarśana (शैवदर्शन):—[=śaiva-darśana] [from śaiva] n. the Śaiva philosophy, [Religious Thought and Life in India 89]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of the 7th [chapter] of the Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

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