Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Angkor' has mentioned 'Shaivism' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Indigenous religious cults mixed with Shaivism, including those centered on worship of the ancestors and of the lingam; A royal cult of personality, identifying the king with the deity, characteristic not only of Angkor, but of other Hindu civilizations in southeast Asia, such as Champa and Java; Hinduism, especially Shaivism, the form of Hinduism focused on the worship of Shiva and the lingam as the symbol of Shiva, but also Vaishnavism, the form of Hinduism focussed on the worship of Vishnu; Buddhism, in both its Mahayana and Theravada varieties. | WIKI |
| [53] Through the worship of the lingam, the king was identified with Shiva, and Shaivism became the state religion. | WIKI |
| "[57] Religious syncretism, however, remained thoroughgoing in Khmer society: the state religion of Shaivism was not necessarily abrogated by Suryavarman's turn to Vishnu, and the temple may well have housed a royal lingam. | WIKI |
| Gradually, it became the dominant religion of Cambodia, displacing both Mahayana Buddhism and Shaivism. | WIKI |