Śaiva Siddhānta
A living tradition within Śaivism. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Śaiva Siddhānta is a living tradition within Śaivism. Also written Shaiva Siddhanta, Saiva Siddhantam.
Origin
Founder named in the sources: Meykaṇṭatēvar (Meykandar) — for the Tamil lineage. No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. Britannica: 'a religious and philosophical system of South India in which Shiva is worshipped as the supreme deity'; the source literature includes the works of Meykaṇṭatēvar, 13th century. Worldmark (Urban): a dualist philosophy built on three tenets — pati, paśu, pāśa. Britannica also notes 'some of the Pashupatas developed the more moderate Shaiva-siddhanta school, whose philosophical teachings became central to modern Shaivism.'.
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Citation
English
The language and the date you read it belong in the citation: this corpus is multilingual and articles are revised after publication.
John Shaqi. “Śaiva Siddhānta.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-saiva-siddhanta.
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