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**vvxtiopmx** · 11-03-2008, 08:07 PM

Dear All,

Just a clarification here. Smaarthaas by definition follow the Smrithis or dharma sastras, which in itself derives its name from the root "smar" or remembered or contemplated. here it refers to " in memory of the vedas" . So technically smaarthaas or not Siva bhaktaas. they worship all devatas mentioned in the veda.

There are also "srautas" who perform srauta karmas - the yagnyaas mentioned in the vedas as distinct from "smaartha karmas".

Broadly all of these systems fall into two categories, "matham" or religion and "tatwa" or philosophy. saivam, vaishnavam, saaktham,gaanapatyam,sauram,kaumaram all fall into "matham" category which includes devata worship. Most of the tatwa based systems like Advaita, Visishtadwaita and Dwaita are all part of the uttara mimamsa which is in itself a vedic philosphical system comprising of the upanishads.They are mostly philosophical than being theistical and propound their theory based on the brahma sutra of Veda Vyasa. Having said this both the Visishtadwaita and Dwaita schools accept the Narayana/Vishnu as the supreme brahman, while Adwaita holds that all devatas are one and the same brahman. Both the claims are based on specific vedic passages.

11-03-2008, 08:07 PM	#6
vvxtiopmx Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 389 Senior Member	Dear All, Just a clarification here. Smaarthaas by definition follow the Smrithis or dharma sastras, which in itself derives its name from the root "smar" or remembered or contemplated. here it refers to " in memory of the vedas" . So technically smaarthaas or not Siva bhaktaas. they worship all devatas mentioned in the veda. There are also "srautas" who perform srauta karmas - the yagnyaas mentioned in the vedas as distinct from "smaartha karmas". Broadly all of these systems fall into two categories, "matham" or religion and "tatwa" or philosophy. saivam, vaishnavam, saaktham,gaanapatyam,sauram,kaumaram all fall into "matham" category which includes devata worship. Most of the tatwa based systems like Advaita, Visishtadwaita and Dwaita are all part of the uttara mimamsa which is in itself a vedic philosphical system comprising of the upanishads.They are mostly philosophical than being theistical and propound their theory based on the brahma sutra of Veda Vyasa. Having said this both the Visishtadwaita and Dwaita schools accept the Narayana/Vishnu as the supreme brahman, while Adwaita holds that all devatas are one and the same brahman. Both the claims are based on specific vedic passages.
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