Talk:Shaivism

message: To reduce forking I think that Six Schools of Shaivism should be merged into Shaivism.  There are more than six schools of Shaivism, and the six schools article is only sourced by one non-reliable source. An overview diagram in Flood (1996), p. 152, can be used as a simple starting point for citations on major schools.  I have moved over the only material from that article that I think needs to be kept.  Do other editors agree that the six schools article can be redirected to Shaivism? Buddhipriya 01:47, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There has been no discussion on this since I posted it, and as I have moved the useful material from Six Schools of Shaivism to Shaivism, I just put a redirect on Six Schools of Shaivism to go to Shaivism.  Buddhipriya 02:35, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:   I have found a link where information about all 6 MAJOR sub-tradition of Shaivism are given i.e. Śaiva Siddhānta,Pāśupata Śaivism, Vīra Śaivism, Kashmīr Śaivism, siddha siddhanta and Śiva Advaita. We WOULD NOT have do divide the article between Theism and Monism. Citation:https://www.himalayanacademy.com/media/books/dancing-with-siva/web/r1_22.html. If this acceptable then we can re-wite this sectionशिव साहिल (talk) 07:48, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Six Schools of Shaivism 

message: Since it seems Buddhipriya only works on this page I'll address my concerns in first person.
I'm a relatively New(very) editor here, so i do not wish to get cocky around here..
This article and other works of your are of such a fine quality thatt i should thank(or praise?) you for doing somuch ..
The Following are my concerns and are very minor in nature, but to preserve th Standard of the article kindly consider changing them as well.
1,The stark thing one notices is the image of the Sri Re/angam  Gopuram, whic technically is a Vaishnavite Temple housing Sri Ranganathar..rather than it, the "Vimaana" of the Thiruvanaikovil should be presented if available..
2, i don't think Dakshinamurthy can be translated as "on the southern part of an outer perimeter path of the sanctum sanctorum" .
But, "Dakshinamurthi" literally translates to the either "the lord facing south" or "Overlord of South", this is simply an anagram as Shiva is Considered to be in Himalaas/kailas, the entire India is in the southern direction relative to Himalayas.
Also, as interpretted by Sukumari Bhattacharji, in "The Indian Theogony" , "Dakshinamurthy is the one who can manifest & transcend many forms but desists" ..Pg 212 , The Indian Teogony,  , Her Reference is from Rig Veda X:72, Slokas 5,6, & 7.
on a practical sense, Dakshinam means descending /death (literally more used to refer death/end/change as Yama's corner is south)
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Swraj (talk) 19:55, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  wonderful work you've done.. 

message: Srirangam temple is not a Shiva temple. This is an error.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Youonlylivetwice (talk • contribs) 20:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Temples of Shaivism 

message: * ,  tags added. Redtigerxyz (talk) 13:34, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fails B criteria

message: Reading this article as somebody who was itnerested in finding more about Saivite beleifs, and their basis, I find that this article does not fully explore this. I am not qualified to make such additions but I have no doubt that others on here are. If you compare it with the Vaisnavism article, you will see what I mean. Harrifer (talk) 16:03, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Found a link describing the "cosmology" on hinduwebsite.com. About what Śiva is up to and how the individuals are going about to circumvent karma-mechanics. ... said: Rursus (bork²) 08:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

text: And this one from experiencefestival.com seems to be a heavily reworked version of our article, providing lots of pieces that might profitably be used in our one. ... said: Rursus (bork²) 07:33, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: More information regarding beleifs of Saivites?

message: moon god is widely considered directly related to hinduism. what is the Hindu view point?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.4.16 (talk) 16:06, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: moon god cult

message: Introduction referred to Shivaism. In title and all other parts the term Shaivism is used. Now corrected. Centrepull (talk) 17:58, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a correction if you delete the name entirely. It's a common term. — LlywelynII 03:02, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shaivism not Shivaism 

message: Propose to merge :History of Shaivism into :Shaivism. The history-section of the Shaivism-article is too short; adding info would double the histpry-article. Both articles are short; merging them would result in a still reasonable lenghty article. And it's handosme to have the info together. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 04:48, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 04:18, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: The :Shiva article also contains a history-section, which maybe could use some expansion. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:06, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: Not sure where it fits into the current setup of the article, but it's worth mentioning the importance of the psychopomp Tarakeshwara tradition at Benares where anyone dying in/near Shiva's temple at Manikarnika Ghat is supposed to have a mantra whispered into their ear that grants instamoksha. It's an old tradition and a fairly major source of the city's importance to Shaivism/tourist income. — LlywelynII 02:59, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Tarakeshwara

message: This article is probably at the wrong place. Aside from the need to restore "Shivaism" to the lead [fixt], ngram has "Saivism" as by far the more common name of this faith. What makes it tricky is the number of sources that give it as Śaivism, which is effectively "Shaivism". — LlywelynII 03:05, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Move?

message: kindly help develop the Shaivism article.  is contributing the article, please guys your help is certainly helpful.--Anandmoorti (talk) 06:27, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Development of Shaivism

message: Why are this page still portraying Shaivism is a tradition of Hinduism?
There are thousands of sources claiming Shaivism were religion of Chola Dynasty and Pandya Dynasty. Most of the matured Wikipedia editors know Hinduism, which developed out of the merger of Vedic religion with numerous local religious traditions. 
Shaivism remained the dominant religion in India until the arrival of the Aryans, who violently attacked the Shiva cult. Shaivism — which continued to be the religion of the people integrated into Brahmanic religion, of which it now forms an essential aspect. - The brief history of India
Other refs:
1. A Manual of the Salem District in the Presidency of Madras: The district
2. Community Dominance and Political Modernisation
3. Yearning to Belong Discovering a New Religious Movement 2401:4900:4ACB:4695:ACA0:1A60:628C:DBFD (talk) 14:27, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not an issue requiring the use of the administrator tools. All editors are free to to work on this article. 331dot (talk) 15:22, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shaivism is a religion since pre-vedic period 

message: The image depicts the daily yajna at Muni ki Reti associated with Parmarth Niketan (https://www.parmarth.org/divine-ganga-aarti-yagna/). The institute is not a Shaiva institute. Thus, suggest the image be changed. @Chronikhiles - since you have suggested changes at Vaishnavism. Redtigerxyz  Talk  11:17, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox image