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Pashupata Kashmiri Shaivism Kapalika and Kalamukha Kalamukhas Lingayat sannyasi Kanphata Yogi dashnami sannyasin paramahamsa naga sannyasin Vaishnavism Brahmo Samaj Saura sect Chaitanya movement Smarta sect Bhagavata Vallabhacharya Arya Samaj Vaishnava-Sahajiya Shaktism

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