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[[Pashupata]] Shaivism was a devotional ([[bhakti]]) movement.<ref name=gale>Lorenzen, David N. ''Śaivism''. An Overview, [in]: Gale's Encyclopedia of Religion, vol. 12, 2005, ISBN 0-02-865981-3</ref> |
[[Pashupata]] Shaivism was a devotional ([[bhakti]]) movement.<ref name=gale>Lorenzen, David N. ''Śaivism''. An Overview, [in]: Gale's Encyclopedia of Religion, vol. 12, 2005, ISBN 0-02-865981-3</ref> |
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The Pashupata movement was influential in [[South India]] in the period between the seventh and fourteenth century, |
The Pashupata movement was influential in [[South India]] in the period between the seventh and fourteenth century, but it no longer exists.<ref name=gale/> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Pashupata Shaivism - one of the main Shaivite schools. The Pashupatas (Sanskrit: Pāśupatas) are the oldest named Shaivite group.[1]
Dating is uncertain, but the Pashupatas may have existed from the first century CE.[2] Gavin Flood dates them probably from around the second century CE.[3] They are referred to in the Mahabharata, the action of which takes place in the 4 millennium BCE.[4]
The Pashupatas were ascetics.[5]
Pashupata Shaivism was a devotional (bhakti) movement.[6]
The Pashupata movement was influential in South India in the period between the seventh and fourteenth century, but it no longer exists.[6]
See also
Notes
- ^ For the Pāśupatas as the oldest named Śaiva group, see: Flood (2003), p. 206.
- ^ For dating as first century CE, with uncertainty, see: Michaels (2004), p. 62.
- ^ For dating from probably second century CE, see: Flood (2003), p. 206.
- ^ For citation to MBH śantiparvan 12.349.64, see: Flood (2003), p. 206.
- ^ For Pāśupata as an ascetic movement see: Michaels (2004), p. 62.
- ^ a b Lorenzen, David N. Śaivism. An Overview, [in]: Gale's Encyclopedia of Religion, vol. 12, 2005, ISBN 0-02-865981-3
References
- Flood, Gavin (Editor) (2003). The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-4051-3251-5.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Michaels, Axel (2004). Hinduism: Past and Present. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08953-1.
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