TY - BOOK AU - R. Blake Michael TI - The Origins of Virasaiva Sects: A Typological Analysis of Ritual and Associational Patterns in Sunyasampadane SN - 8120807766 U1 - 294.5513 M58211 V PY - 1992/// CY - Delhi PB - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers KW - Lingayats KW - Lingayat cults KW - Sunyasampadane KW - India N1 - Origins of the Virasaiva sects is an exploration of Virasavism. Already, the activities of founder/reformer Basava are well known throughout India and world-wide. It explores a crucial text, the Sunyasampadane, from Virasaivism's third century development ER -