INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to some scholars, Lakulisha is the founder of the Pashupata sect. While, another section argues that the Pashupata doctrine was already in existence before Lakulisha, and he was only its first formal preceptor.

Detailed explanation-2: -The philosophy of the Pashupata sect was systematized by Lakulīśa also called Nakulīśa) in the 2nd century CE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pashupata, perhaps the earliest Hindu sect to worship the god Shiva as the supreme deity. It gave rise in turn to numerous subsects that flourished in Gujarat and Rajasthan, at least until the 12th century, and also travelled to Java and Cambodia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pashupati (Sanskrit Paśupati; devanagari ) is a Hindu deity and an incarnation of the Hindu god Shiva as “lord of the animals". But also the “Pashu” means the whole souls or living things or “athma” which means in Sanskrit as Jeevan and in Tamil as “". So can be translated as the Lord of the “aathmas".

Detailed explanation-5: -Pashupatas were known for such devotional and ascetic practices as meditation and chanting, but they were also known for more extreme practices such as smearing their bodies with ashes and walking around while pounding the earth with iron tridents and staffs as a means of self-purification.