Moving on towards the Monotheistic era of Hinduism when such ideals such as Shaivism and Vaishnavism, a specific deity for feministic worship was bought about under the Shaktism branch.

Hinduism includes Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Śrauta among numerous other traditions.

Hinduism includes the Agamic religion, involving Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, historical groups such as the Ganapatyas, Kaumaras, Sauras, Bhairavas, Kapalikas, Kalamukhas, Pashupatas, and the historical Vedic religion including the Śrautas.

With the rise of Shaivism and Vaishnavism in the early centuries of the Common era, Hinduism is generally monistic and henotheistic: there is practically a consensus that there is a supreme, absolute, and omnipresent divine entity.

Of the four major sects, Shaivism, Vaishnavism, and Shaktism each regard only one specific Indic deity ( Shiva, Vishnu, or Shakti ) as the supreme being and principal object of worship, whereas all other divinities are considered merely " sub-gods " or manifestations of it.

Hinduism is divided into numerous denominations, primarily Shaivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, Smarta and much smaller groups like the conservative Shrauta.

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The historical significance of the Tantric method lies in the fact that it impacted every major Indian religion extant in the early medieval period ( c. 500-1200 CE ): thus the Hindu sects of Shaivism, Shaktism and Vaishnavism, as well as Buddhism and Jainism all developed a well-documented body of Tantric practices and related doctrines.

For example, what scholars call Tantric Shaivism was known to its practitioners as the, Tantric Buddhism has the indigenous name of the Vajrayana, and Tantric Vaishnavism was known as the.

* Hinduism, especially Shaivism, the form of Hinduism focussed on the worship of Shiva and the lingam as the symbol of Shiva, but also Vaishnavism, the form of Hinduism focussed on the worship of Vishnu ;

The major denominations include Shaivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism and Smartism.

Hindu sects like Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism have concept of ParaBrahman.

Buddhism, Shaivism, and Vaishnavism were all practiced, and the king was regarded as the incarnation of the three.

During the Shiva Kavi period ( see Shivakavi Trayamu, the Trinity of Shaivite Poets ), the new religions Shaivism and Vaishnavism were spreading in Andhra, resulting in conflict between these two groups as well as between the two established religious groups, Buddhism and Jainism.

Each jāti typically has an association with a traditional job function or tribe, although religious beliefs ( e. g. Sri Vaishnavism or Veera Shaivism ) or linguistic groupings may define some jatis.

Hindu movements in which bhakti is the main practice are called bhakti movements — the major schools are Shaivism, Vaishnavism, and Shaktism.

From the 6th to 12th century CE, the Tamil devotional poems written by Nayanmars ( sages of Shaivism ) and ( Alvars, sages of Vaishnavism ) heralded the great Bhakti movement which later engulfed the entire Indian subcontinent.

Hindu Splitters, and individual adherents, often identify themselves as adherents of a religion such as Shaivism, Vaishnavism, or Shaktism according to which deity they believe to be the supreme creator of the universe.

Vaishnavism and Shaivism both worship Lakshmi with Vishnu and Parvati with Shiva respectively as beings on an equal level of magnitude ( the male and female aspects of God ).

Examples of a personal supreme God include Shiva in Shaivism or Vishnu in Vaishnavism.

Palaniappan cites inscriptional evidence for a gradual sound change from āļvār to āzhvār over a period of two centuries from the 9th century to the 11th century involving references to religious leaders in Vaishnavism, Shaivism and even Jainism and to political personalities.

Different branches of mainstream Hindu religion such as Shaktism, Vaishnavism and Shaivism now dominate the cult of Theyyam.

Monotheistic religions like Shaivism, Shaktism and Vaishnavism developed during the same period through the Bhakti movement.

Its main divisions are into Vaishnavism ( largely influenced by Bhakti ), Shaivism, Shaktism and Smartism ( Advaita Vedanta ).

Contemporary Hinduism has four major divisions: Saivism, Shaktism, Smartism, and Vaishnavism.

Vaishnavism, Saivism, and Shaktism, respectively believe in a monotheistic ideal of Vishnu ( often as Krishna ), Shiva, or Devi ; this view does not exclude other personal gods, as they are understood to be aspects of the chosen ideal.

For example, in Vaishnavism, special focus is given to a particular form of Vishnu or one of his Avatars ( i. e. Krishna or Rama ), and similarly within Shaktism, focus is given to a particular form of the Goddess such as Parvati or Lakshmi.

Jagannath is non-sectarian and has not been associated with any particular denomination of Hinduism in entirety, though there are several common aspects with Vaishnavism, Saivism, Shaktism, Smartism, as well as with Buddhism and Jainism.

Studies of Shivait, Shaktism and Vaishnavism sects of Hinduism formed a part of the curriculum for those interested.

Smarta Sampradaya ( Smarta Tradition, as it is termed in Sanskrit ) is a liberal or nonsectarian denomination of the Vedic Hindu religion which accepts all the major Hindu deities as forms of the one Brahman, in contrast to Vaishnavism, Shaivism, and Shaktism, the other three major Hindu sects, which revere Vishnu, Shiva, and Shakti, respectively, as the Supreme Being.

* Overview of the three major divisions, from the book, Hindu Dharma, Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, and the three other schools devoted to Ganesh, Murugan | Skanda and Surya.

However, in contrast with Vaishnavism where ParaBrahman denotes Saguna Brahman as Hari or Vishnu, either Saguna Brahman or the impersonal Nirguna Brahman may be connotated by other sects.

Though a follower of Vaishnavism he showed respect to all sects, and petty religious prejudices never influenced him, either in granting gifts or in his choice of companions and officers.

The plant is worshiped as dear to Vishnu in some sects of Vaishnavism.

A number of separate sects or traditions merged with each representing the names of god of Vaishnavism.

Many denominations of Hinduism, such as Vaishnavism and some schools of Saivism, teach that occasionally, a god comes to Earth as a human being to help humans in their struggle toward enlightenment and salvation ( moksha ).

The concept of avatar within Hinduism is most often associated with Vishnu, the preserver or sustainer aspect of God within the Hindu Trinity or Trimurti or the one and only supreme God for followers of Vaishnavism.

Although it is usual to speak of Vishnu as the source of the avatars, within the Vaishnavism branch of Hinduism Narayana, Vasudeva, and Krishna are also seen as names denoting divine aspects which descend as avatars.

Within monotheistic Hinduism, it is the love felt by the worshipper towards the personal God, a concept expressed in Hindu theology as Iṣṭa-devatā ( also as Svayam Bhagavan in Gaudiya Vaishnavism ).

The town hosts hundreds of temples dedicated to the worship of Radha and Krishna and is considered sacred by a number of religious traditions such as Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Vaishnavism, and Hinduism in general.

Hinduism → Vaishnavism

Hinduism → Vaishnavism → Swaminarayanism

Hinduism, and especially Vaishnavism, has many forms of Vishnu