Saiva sages who wove the threads that tied India into a common idiom and religion of Saivism

The text teaches a technique called śāmbhavi mudra, to achieve a state of no-mind.

Journey of a medieval Shaiva centre from Pashupata-Kalamukhas to that of Virashaiva-Lingayats.

With the collapse of the Gupta Empire, Saivism became the dominant religion of India.