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Pashupata Shaivism

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Pasupata Brahmana Upanishad - Shiva the Pasupathi

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Pashupat Vrata and its Rituals - Shiva Purana - 7.7

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Pashupata Pronunciation Sanskrit पाशुपत pāśupata

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Pashupata abhishekam

Pashupata Shaivism is the oldest of the major Shaivite Hindu schools. The philosophy of the Pashupata sect was systematized by Lakulīśa also called Nakulīśa) in the 2nd century A.D. The main texts of the school are Pāśupatasūtra with Kauṇḍinya's Pañcārthabhāṣya, and Gaṇakārikā with Bhāsarvajña's Ratnaṭīkā. Both texts were discovered only in the twentieth century. Prior to that, the major source of information on this sect was a chapter devoted to it in Vidyāraṇya's Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha.
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