Saivan.adj.
/ˈʃʌɪvə/ A. n.
A member of one of the three great divisions of modern Hinduism, exclusively devoted to the worship of the god Shiva as the Supreme Being.
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Saiva1810
Saivite1867
Sivaite1875
1810 E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 15 Saivas or worshippers of Siva.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXI. 672/2 The Saïvas, or adherents of Mahádéó, in preference to Vishnu.
B. adj.
Of or relating to this division of Hinduism.
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Saiva1842
Saivite1882
Sivaist1937
1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 65/2 The great Saiva reformer, Sankara Acharya.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 210/1 The Śaiva, Vaishnava, and Sākta sects.
1974 Encycl. 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.
Derivatives
ˈSaivism n. (also 'Shaivism) = Sivaism n.
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lingamism1843
Shiva-worship1876
Saivism1877
Sivaism1901
1877 M. Williams Hinduism viii. 97 Śaivism and Vaishṇavism are not opposite or incompatible creeds.
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 228/1 Saivism is supreme, and Buddhism is even nominally extinct.
1913 J. N. Farquhar Crown of Hinduism 384 From Saivism there sprang the two Sakta sects.
1956 R. Redfield Peasant Society & Culture 88 The important Vaishnavaism and Shaivism are theistic and ethical.
1969 Indo-Asian Culture Oct. 70 Both Saivism and Vaishnavism were popular in Srihatta and the neighbouring region during the late Gupta and mediæval times.
ˈSaivite n. (also 'Shaivite) = Sivaite n.
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Saiva1810
Saivite1867
Sivaite1875
1867 R. 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.
ˈSaivite adj. (also 'Shaivite) = Sivaite adj.
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > Hindu sects and groups > [adjective] > Sivaism
Saiva1842
Saivite1882
Sivaist1937
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 228/1 Saivite gods or devils.
1924 E. M. Forster Passage to India xxxvii. 323 They cantered..past a Saivite temple, which invited to lust, but under the semblance of eternity.
1972 ‘E. Peters’ Death to Landlords! x. 153 A Saivite sadhu seated in contemplation.
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