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Re: *SIVA*
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Subject: Re: *SIVA*
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From: Mukti Parupudi <pp002963@interramp.com>
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Date: 30 Oct 1995 20:33:57 GMT
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Approved: srh <srh@rbhatnagar>
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Article: 467 of soc.religion.hindu
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swett@interramp.com (Charles Swett) wrote:
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> One of the things that I find most fascinating about the cult of Shiva
> is its earliest history, about which almost nothing is known.
>(deleted)
>alleges that there is evidence from celestial observations recorded in
> ancient hymns that worshippers of Shiva existed as early as... 55,000
> B.C.! Also that they may have been around at the time of the ending
> of the last Ice Age.
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> Does anyone have any more information?
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My two cents:
How can such practice which has existed for such long time be
called a "cult"? What is your definition of a cult?
One of the most brilliant Indian intellectuals was AbhinavaGupta
who wrote extensively on philosophical underpinnings of Kashmir
Shaivism in addition to other subjects such as the Bhagavad Gita.
There are hundreds of Shiva Tantras whose age nobody can exactly
identify. Shavaites beleive that Shiva is timeless (beyond time)
and hence has always existed. His worshippers probably always
existed.
Cheers
Mukti
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