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Sivaism

Sivaism 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

Questions about Sivaism

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

Words near Sivaism in the dictionary

  1. Siuslaw
  2. Siuslaws
  3. SIV
  4. siva
  5. Sivaganga
  6. Sivaism
  7. Sivaist
  8. Sivaistic
  9. Sivaists
  10. Sivaite
  11. Sivaites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sivaism (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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