Saiva
noun
Saivite
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a word derived from
Saiva.
Example Sentences
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She shaved her head, took off her jewels, wore a Saivite necklet of berries, and was known as a devotee.
From Lotus Buds by Amy Carmichael
Basava was the son of a Saivite brahmin, named Madenga Madamantri, at Hinguleswaram, a village near Bagwari in Belgaum, in the southern Mahratta country.
From Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India by Hargrave Jennings
The Saivite form of Hinduism is older than the Vaishnavite, and more widely spread over India.
From Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India by Amy Carmichael
One, that he is still holding on, another that he is now a priest in one of the great Saivite temples of South India.
From Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India by Amy Carmichael
Basava’s determined opposition to the Saivite Brahmins and to the Jainas raised him many enemies; while his bounty to the poor gained him friends equally numerous.
From Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India by Hargrave Jennings
