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Authors: John Bowker
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(vii) Smrta, orthodox
aivism which adhered to the
varnrama-dharma
advocated in the
smti
literature, such as the law books of
Manu
and Kalpa Stras, and regarded
iva as one of the five central deities to be worshipped (
pañcayatana-pja
); and
(viii)
Ntha
or Kanphata yogis, a sect traditionally founded by
Gorakhntha
, combining Pupata
aivism with Tantric and
Hatha yoga
.