Shaivism

Summary

Shaivism is a Hindu denomination^[1]. Shaivism ranks in the top 6% of hindu_denomination entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,787 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shaivism's image is recorded as A havan ceremony on the banks of Ganges, Muni ki Reti, Rishikesh.jpg^[3].
• Shaivism's instance of is recorded as Hindu denomination^[4].
• Shaivism's GND ID is recorded as 4052523-5^[5].
• Shaivism's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85123051^[6].
• Shaivism's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11936126w^[7].
• Shaivism's part of is recorded as Hinduism^[8].
• Shaivism's Commons category is recorded as Shaivism^[9].
• Shaivism's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 36475^[10].
• Shaivism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01p248^[11].
• Shaivism's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph116825^[12].
• Shaivism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shaivism^[13].
• Shaivism's Universal Decimal Classification is recorded as 233.3^[14].
• Shaivism's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as denomination=shaivism^[15].
• Shaivism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• Shaivism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[17].
• Shaivism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Shaivism's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Shaivism^[19].
• Shaivism's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/tags/shaivism^[20].
• Shaivism's Quora topic ID is recorded as Śaivism^[21].
• Shaivism's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as saivism^[22].
• Shaivism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[23].
• Shaivism's schematic is recorded as Saivismsects.jpg^[24].
• Shaivism's schematic is recorded as Development of Shaivism.svg^[25].
• Shaivism's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Shaivism^[26].
• Shaivism's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Hindu philosophy^[27].

Why It Matters

Shaivism ranks in the top 6% of hindu_denomination entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,787 views/month).^[2] Shaivism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Shaivism is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Shaivism has been cited as an influence by Ramana Maharshi^[30], a philosopher^[31], 1879–1950^[32], of India^[33].

FAQs

Who did Shaivism influence?

Shaivism has been cited as an influence by Ramana Maharshi^[30].