Patanjali's Mahabhashya already knows Shiva-worshipping ascetics, and the Pashupatas grow into the earliest organized Shaiva order, marked by ash, the staff, and devotion to Shiva as Pashupati, lord of bound souls.
The Event
- Date
- c. 150 (approximate)
- Era
- Classical; Standard periodization of Hindu history
- Location
- Northern India; today Northern India
- Traditions
- Hinduism
- Streams
- Shaivism
- Key figures
- Patanjali
Primary Sources
- Patanjali, Mahabhashya
Secondary Sources
- Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge, 1996)
- Michaels, Hinduism: Past and Present (Princeton, 2004)
Provenance: HIST-0308; confidence 0.85; accessed 2026-10-27.
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