Sivaachaarya brahmins (Some questions on Saiva Siddhanta)

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"vpcnk wrote:

 

> Also to be noted is that historically the Sivaachaarya

>brahmins who are the traditional preservers of the Saiva

>Siddhaanta philosophy are considered to be Kashmiri brahmins

>who were brought down to the Tamil land by Rajendra Chola.

 

Thanks for the detailed information.

 

A long journey - Kashmir to Tamilnadu. However it does appear

that many people made these trips.

 

I was curious about the Sivacharya brahmins. In what way are they

different from vedic brahmins (if they are).

 

In Gujarat, the Nagar brahmins are thought to have come from

somewhere in the mountains - perhaps Gandhar (very close to

Kashmir). Some of them have an observably light colored skin.

 

>> Q: What happend to all non-Brahmin Hindus of Kashmir? I

>>think they all might have joined the brahmins.

 

>>Yashwant, it doesn't befit a scholar of your knowledge to

>>make such wild claims. We need more information to asses

>>the validity of such theories.

 

I saw that somewhere on a Kashmiri Pandit website. Let me see

if I can find it.

 

I agree about the relative independence of Brahmin jnatis.

 

Yashwant