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Śaivāgama · Roughly mid-1st millennium CE onward (manuscript layers) · Sanskrit (and Tamil Śaiva Siddhānta transmission)
Traditional: Śiva to disciples (traditional); redacted by ācāryas
Scholarly note: Twenty-eight dualist and non-dualist Śaiva āgamas with many subsidiary texts.
Regulate temple worship, initiation, mantra, and yoga for Śaiva lineages.
Extent · 28 root āgamas + subsidiary tantras
Kārikā, pada, and tantra classifications vary by school (Kashmir Śaiva vs Tamil).