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Source: Wisdom Library: Śaivism

Kriyākāṇḍakramāvalī (क्रियाकाण्डक्रमावली) of Somaśambhu is also known as the Karmakāṇḍakramāvalī and the Somaśambhu-paddhati.

Source: Cambridge Digital Library: Kriyākāṇḍakramāvalī

Kriyākāṇḍakramāvalī (क्रियाकाण्डक्रमावली) is an 11th-century ritual manual of the old pan-Indian Śaiva Siddhānta, containing instructions covering the regular (nityakarma), desiderative (kāmyakarma), and incidental rituals (naimittikakarma) including initiation (dīkṣā), consecration (abhiṣeka), and the installation of substrates of worship (pratiṣṭḥā). The manual itself is based on the system of the Saiddhāntika scripture Dviśatika-Kālottara, even though the work is in large parts a verse redaction of Bhojadeva’s ritual manual Siddhāntasāra, itself heavily drawing from the non-Saiddhāntika scripture Svacchanda.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Partial matches: Kramavali, Kriyakanda.

Full-text: Karmakandakramavali, Somashambhupaddhati.

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Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)

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