Siva Sutras: the Yoga of Supreme Identity. 2021 Reprint Ed.

The Saiva system of Philosophy and Yoga is generally known as agama. The Agama means a traditional doctrine or system which commands faith.\nThe Saiva system, in general, is known as Siva\-sasana or Sivagama. The non\-dualistic Saiva system of Kashmir is known as Trika\-Sasana or Trika\-sastra or Rahasya\-sampradaya. The words sasana and sastra are very significant Both contain the root sasa which means discipline. Sasana or Sastra mean teaching containing rules for discipline. A Sastra or Sasana in India never meant merely an intellectual exposition of a particular system.0