- the
Smartas of
South India add a
sixth god
Kartikeya (See Shanmata).
According to Basham, any upper-class
Hindus still prefer the way of the
Smartas to...
- the
presence of
goddess worship in
India during the
Paleolithic era. The
Smarta Advaita sect,
within which Shaktism is a key element,
acknowledges Shakti...
-
salutations to the
munis and devatas.
Among smartas, additionally, Hariharābheda smaraṇam is done by
smartas to
contemplate on the
oneness of Siva and Vishnu...
- worshipper's
favourite deity. It is
especially significant to both the
Smarta and
Bhakti schools,
wherein practitioners choose to
worship the form of...
-
highest principle in the
universe and
pervades all of existence. Generally,
Smartas worship Brahman in one of five forms: Ganesha, Shiva, Shakti, Vishnu, and...
-
Shiva is one of the five
equivalent deities in
Panchayatana puja of the
Smarta tradition of Hinduism.
Shiva has many aspects,
benevolent as well as fearsome...
- pūjā and its
connection with
Smārta Brahmins is from Courtright, p. 163. For
worship of the five
forms as
central to
Smarta practice see:
Flood (1996),...
-
Ultimate Reality called nirguna Brahman. The five or six
icons are seen by
Smartas as
multiple representations of the one
Saguna Brahman (i.e., a personal...
- have been
founded by Shankara, is
still the
centre of the
Smarta sect for its followers.
Smartas follow 4
other major Mathas namely,
Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham...
-
Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana regions majority of
Vaidikis and
Niyogis are
Smartas, who
follow Advaita Vedanta of Adi Shankara,
there are some
sections among...
