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Saiva, n. and a.|ˈʃaɪvə|
[a. Skr. śaiva relating, belonging, or sacred to Siva; a worshipper or follower of Siva.]
A. n. A member of one of the three great divisions of modern Hinduism, exclusively devoted to the worship of the god Siva as the Supreme Being.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this division of Hinduism.
1810E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 15 Saivas or worshippers of Siva. 1842Penny Cycl. XXII. 65/2 The great Saiva reformer, Sankara Acharya. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 210/1 The Śaiva, Vaishnava, and Sākta sects. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VIII. 893/2 Most Śaiva worship is not systematic but a complex amalgam of pan-Indian Śaiva philosophy and local or folk worship.
Hence ˈS(h)aivism = Sivaism; ˈS(h)aivite n. and a. = Sivaite.
1867R. Milman Jrnl. 21 Nov. in F. M. Milman Mem. R. Milman (1879) iii. 48 This temple is reckoned..the holiest shrine in India..among Shaivites. 1877Monier Williams Hinduism viii. 97 Śaivism and Vaishṇavism are not opposite or incompatible creeds. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 228/1 Saivite gods or devils. 1924E. M. Forster Passage to India xxxvii. 323 They cantered..past a Saivite temple, which invited to lust, but under the semblance of eternity. 1956R. Redfield Peasant Society & Culture 88 The important Vaishnavaism and Shaivism are theistic and ethical. 1969Indo-Asian Culture Oct. 70 Both Saivism and Vaishnavism were popular in Srihatta and the neighbouring region during the late Gupta and mediæval times. 1972‘E. Peters’ Death to Landlords! x. 153 A Saivite sadhu seated in contemplation. |