SAIVAS

Domain	Definition
Literature	Saivas (2 syl.). Worshippers of Siva, one of the three great Indian sects; they are at present divided into- (1) Dandins or staff-bearers, the Hindu mendicants; so called because they carry a danda or small staff, with a piece of red cloth fixed on it. In this piece of cloth the Brahmanical cord is enshrined. (2) Yogins. Followers of Yoga, who practise the most difficult austerities. (3) Lingavats, who wear the Linga emblem on some part of their dress. (4) Paramahansas, ascetics who go naked, and never express any want or wish. (5) Aghorins, who eat and drink whatever is given them, even ordure and carrion. (6) Urdhabahus, who extend one or both arms over their head till they become rigidly fixed in this position. (7) Akasmukhins, who hold up their faces to the sky till the muscles of the neck become contracted. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Anagrams: SAIVAS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-i-s-s-v"
	-1 letter: assai, visas.
	-2 letters: vasa, visa.
	-3 letters: aas, ais, ass, ava, sis, vas, via, vis.
	-4 letters: aa, ai, as, is, si.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-i-s-s-v"
	+1 letter: salivas, salvias.
	+2 letters: atavisms, atavists, piasavas, piassava, savagism, savarins.
	+3 letters: abrasives, assuasive, aviarists, malvasias, passivate, piassavas, salivates, savagisms, stravaigs, viscachas.
	+4 letters: aestivates, assaultive, canvassing, causatives, disavowals, galvanises, galvanisms, gravitases, passivated, passivates, salivators, salvations, savageries, shavetails, souvlakias, vanaspatis, vandalises, vandalisms.
	+5 letters: accusatives, adversaries, amativeness, associative, assortative, lovastatins, passivating, passivation, salivations, sansevieria, starvations, subclavians, valiantness, vasospastic.
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