codes given below:
(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) i and iv
(d) iii and iv
Which of the following were the Vaishnava saints?
(i) Nammalvar
(ii) Tirumalisai
(iii) Sambandhar
(iv) Tirunavakkarasu
Select the answer from the codes given below:
(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) iii and iv
(d) i and iv
Who among the following is considered as the first proto-Siva?
(a) Rudra
(b) Pasupati Mahadeva
(c) Pusan
(d) Murugan
Which among the following gives us the first literary evidence about the
existence of a group of Siva worshippers?
(a) Rig Veda Samhita
(b) Chandogya Upanishad
(c) Megasthenes’lndica
(d) Panini’s Ashtadhyayi
Who among the following refers for the first time to the class of Siva-
worshippers as Siva Bhagavatas?
(a) Patanjali
(b) Panini
(c) Kautilya
(d) Kalidasa
Which of the following are considered as the extreme sects of Saivism?
(i) Agamantins