e School of African and Oriental Studies, London ƪƲ March ƫƩƪ e ƪth Annual Jaina Lecture TęĖ JĒĚğĒ AġġģĠġģĚĒĥĚĠğ Ēğĕ AĕĒġĥĒĥĚĠğ Ġė ŚĒĚħĒ RĚĥĦĒĝ: TęĖ ĒĤĖ Ġė PĕĝĚġĥĒĤģĚ’Ĥ NĚģħğ . ĒĜĒĝĚĜ Alexis Sanderson Handout Not to be quoted without the permission of the author IğĥģĠĕĦĔĚĠğ Ǻ. e rise of Tantric Śaivism ([Atimārga III], Mantramārga, Kulamārga) Ǻ ǻ. Śaiva absorption of other religious traditions: the cults of Sūrya, evī, and Skanda Ǽ. Its impact on Vais . n . avism (Pañcarātra) ǽ. Mantranaya uddhism, ǻ and Ǿ. Jainism Ǻ or this analysis of the Śaiva initiatory traditions into Atimārga (I [Pāñcārthika Pāśupata], II [Lākula, Kālamukha], and III [Kāpālika, Somasiddhānta]), Mantramārga, and the Śākta Kulamārga, for evidence of the chronology of this accumulative history, and for a perspective on the relation between these traditions and that of the lay Śaivism of the uninitiated see my recent study e Śaiva Literature, Journal of Indological Studies, Nos. ǻǽ & ǻǾ (ǻǹǺǻ–ǻǹǺǼ), ǻǹǺǽ, pp. Ǻ–ǺǺǼ, downloadable from my academia.edu page. ǻ e impact of Śaivism on the traditions of Sauras, Śāktas, Vais . n . avas, and uddhists is examined in my e Śaiva Age: e Rise and ominance of Śaivism during the arly Medieval Period (Genesis and Development of Tantrism, edited by Shingo inoo. Tokyo: Institute of Oriental ulture, University of Tokyo, ǻǹǹȂ. Institute of Oriental ulture Special Series, ǻǼ, pp. ǽǺ–ǼǾǹ, downloadable from my academia.edu page). e impact on Jainism is also covered, but in a cursory fashion and without reference to the case of the Nirvān . akalikā, whose Śaiva source I had not yet identified when I composed this study. e case of the absorption of the cult of Skanda was not mentioned there, but deserves inclusion. On that cult see Richard . Mann, e Rise of Mahāsena: e Transformation of Skanda- Kārttikeya in North India from the Kus . ān . a to Gupta Empires, rill: Leiden and oston, ǻǹǺǻ. Ǻ