Saivas is the name of one of the three great divisions of Hindu sects. See INDIA, Vol. VI. p. 106. The word designates the votaries of Siva, and comprises different special sects, which varied in number at different periods of mediæval Hinduism. See SIVA.
Saivas
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 101
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