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Shivaism

Shivaism is the alternative form of Shaivism.

Meaning of Shaivism

Proper noun

Shaivism

  1. A sect comprising the worshippers of the god Shiva.
    • Buddhism and Saivism embraced each other, one giving room to the other almost voluntarily.1964, Nabin Kumar Sahu, Utkal University History Of Orissa, volume 1, The Utkal University, page 7

Origin of Shivaism

From Shiva + -ism.

Words formed from Shivaism

Questions about Shivaism

What is Shivaism the alternative form of?
Shivaism is the alternative form of Shaivism.

Words near Shivaism in the dictionary

  1. shiv
  2. shiv'ah
  3. shiva
  4. shivah
  5. shivahs
  6. Shivaism
  7. Shivaist
  8. Shivaistic
  9. Shivaists
  10. Shivaite
  11. Shivaites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Shivaism (page history and authors); Shaivism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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