Flashcards: Shaivism

Gosaikunda (गोसाइँकुण्ड), also spelled Gosainkunda and Gosain Kunda is an alpine freshwater oligotrophic lake in Nepal's Langtang National Park, located at an altitude of 4,380 m (14,370 ft) in the Rasuwa District with a surface of 13.

Jageshwar is a Hindu pilgrimage town in Almora district, Uttarakhand, believed to carry the Nagesh Jyotirlinga dedicated to Shiva, located 36 km northeast of Almora, in Kumaun region.

In Hinduism, Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति; from Sanskrit shak, "to be able"), also spelled as Sakthi, meaning "power" or "empowerment" is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe.

Tantrāloka (Sanskrit तन्त्रालोक ) is the masterwork of Abhinavagupta on Kashmir Shaivism, who was in turn the most revered Kashmir Shaivism master.

The Hanuman Chalisa (Hindi pronunciation: [ɦənʊmaːn tʃaːliːsaː]; literally Forty chaupais on Hanuman) is a Hindu devotional hymn (stotra) addressed to Hanuman.

(Not to be confused with Siddha medicine or Siddhar.)(For other uses, see Siddha (disambiguation).) Siddha (Tamil 'Great thinker/wise man', Sanskrit, "perfected one") is a term that is used widely in Indian religions and culture.

Virabhadra or Veerabhadra (Vīrabhadra) is a fearsome form of the Hindu god Shiva.

Vasugupta (860–925) was the author of the famous Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta.

The Trishula (Sanskrit: त्रिशूल triśūla, Hindi: त्रिशूल triśūl, Marathi: त्रिशूळ triśūlla, Malay: trisula, Kannada:ತ್ರಿಶೂಲ, "triśūla" Telugu:త్రిశూలం , trisoolam, Malayalam: തൃശൂലം tr̥iśūlaṁ, Tamil:// திரிசூலம் tiricūlam, Thai: ตรีศูล trīṣ̄ūl or tri) is a type of South Asian trident also found in Southeast Asia.

Alain Daniélou (4 October 1907 – 27 January 1994) was a French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist, and a noted Western convert to and expert on Shaivite Hinduism.

The Aghori (Sanskrit aghora) are ascetic Shaiva sadhus.

Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the god Shiva.

Bhairava (Sanskrit, "Terrible, Frightful") is a Hindu deity, a fierce manifestation of Shiva associated with annihilation.

Rudra (/ˈrʊdrə/; Sanskrit: रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity, associated with wind or storm, and the hunt.

Kedarnath is a town located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and has gained importance because of Kedarnath Temple.

Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev (English: Lord of the Lords... Mahadev) is a drama series based on the legends of God Lord Shiva, also known as Mahadev.

Sons of Shiva is a 1985 award-winning American documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker Robert Gardner and Askos Ostor, about the worship of the God Shiva, features practices of Hindu worship and devotion, a four-day Gajan ceremony, a Sacred Thread ceremony in Bishnupur and Baul singers of Bengal.

One Hundred and Eight Shiva Thandavam is a collection of Shiva Thandavm.

Adi Badri is a forest area and archaeological site in the foothills of Sivalik Hills in bhabar area situated in northern part of Yamunanagar district of north Indian state of Haryana.

Kapal Mochan is an ancient place of pilgrimage for both Hindus and Sikhs, 17 km north-east of Jagadhari town, on the Bilaspur road in Yamunanagar district.

Sri Kagapujandar (Tamil:காகபுஜண்டர்) is considered to be an eminent siddha in Siddhar tradition of the Hindu religion, a saint who has reached particularly exalted a high degree of physical and spiritual perfection.

Fred Goodwill (born 1874) was a British missionary stationed in Bangalore, British India between 1899 and 1924, serving as the Superintendent of the Wesleyan Tamil Mission, Bangalore and Kolar Gold Fields.

The Masroor Rock Cut Temple or Himalayan Pyramid is a complex of temples located in Masroor (or Masrur) in Kangra Valley, which is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Kangra city in Kangra district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Dadhichi, also known as Dadhyancha or Dadhyanga , is a central character in Hindu mythology.

Aihoḷe is a village having a historic temple complex in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India and located 510 km from Bangalore.

Saiva Siddhanta Church is an organization that identifies itself with the Śaivite Hindu religion.