For one the religious life of India is fundamentally monotheistic and Vishnuite: for another philosophic sivaism is its crown and quintessence: a third maintains with equal truth that all forms of Hinduism are tantric.
"Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) An Historical Sketch"
Charles Eliot
But though sivaism has undergone fewer changes and produced fewer great names, it must not be thought of as lifeless or decadent.
"Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) An Historical Sketch"
Charles Eliot