Śvetāśvatara Upanishad
Vedic literature
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Śaivism
- In Hinduism: Shaivism
…those circles that produced the Shvetashvatara Upanishad (c. 400 bce), Shiva rose to the highest rank. Its author proposed a way of escape from samsara, proclaiming Shiva the sole eternal Lord. Rudra-Shiva developed into an ambivalent and many-sided lord and master. His many manifestations, however, were active among humankind: as…
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