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The Smarta tradition (Sanskrit: स्मार्त, IAST: Smārta), also called Smartism, is a movement in Hinduism that developed and expanded with the Puranas genre...

the touchstone of a revived smarta tradition: Practically, Shankara fostered a rapprochement between Advaita and smarta orthodoxy, which by his time...

is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism. Shiva has many aspects, benevolent as well as fearsome...

Shiva is a part of the Smarta Tradition, sometimes referred to as Smartism, which is a tradition within Hinduism. The Smartas are associated with the...

unifier of previously conflicting practices with the smarta tradition. Philosophically, the Smarta tradition emphasizes that all images and statues (murti)...

Smarta Advaita tradition, Shakti is one of the five equal personal forms of God, as in the panchadeva system, advocated by Adi Shankara. The Smarta tradition...

in other traditions within Hinduism, such as the Smarta and Shaiva traditions. Two hundred years after Ramanuja, the Sri Vaishnava tradition split into...

is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism. According to Vaishnavism, the supreme being is with qualities...

Sanskrit-Brahmanical tradition. The majority of members of Smarta community follow the Advaita Vedanta philosophy of Shankara. Smarta and Advaita have become...

Hinduism. He is traditionally one of the major five deities in the Smarta tradition, all of whom are considered as equivalent deities in the Panchayatana...

This is a list of the top-level leaders for religious groups with at least 50,000 adherents, and that led anytime since January 1, 2001. It should likewise...

which was popularized by Adi Shankara among orthodox Brahmins of the Smārta tradition, invokes the five deities Ganesha, Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti, and Sūrya...

of the Dasanāmis with the Smarta tradition or Advaita Vedānta is not all-embracing. One example is the Kriyā Yoga tradition that considers itself eclectic...

of the Smarta tradition with other significant historic movements within Hinduism, namely Shaivism, Vaishnavism, and Shaktism. Even though Smarta sampradaya...

Iyers, who follow the Smarta tradition, and Iyengars, who adhere to the tradition of Sri Vaishnavism. Iyers are Shrauta-Smarta Brahmins, whose members...

also known as Pancha Devi Deva Puja is a system of puja (worship) in the Smarta sampradaya, which is one of four major sampradaya of Hinduism. It consists...

A Smarta may choose any saguna deity (istadevata) such as Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti, Surya, Ganesha or any other, and this is viewed in Smarta Tradition as...

society. Among the Shaiva sadhus, the Dashanami Sampradaya belong to the Smarta Tradition. They are said to have been formed by the philosopher and renunciant...

tradition, and many have fought bravely in the Battle of Palnadu on the side of Brahma Naidu. Most of the Telugu-speaking priests of Smarta tradition...

concentrated in the villages of Kota of Udupi district. Kotas follow Smarta tradition. The Guru Narasimha Temple, Saligrama is important to them. Nambudiri...