The eight schools of Shaiva spiritual philosophy that had their origin and development in different parts of India in different periods of time. Eight schools of Shaiva spiritual thought arranged in chronological order are: The Pashupata Shaiva school, The Lakulisha Pashupata school, The Nandikeshwara Shaiva school, The Shaiva Siddhanta, The Virashaiva school, The Raseshvara Shaiva school, The Advaita Shaiva school of Kashmir, and The Shaiva school founded and propagated by Shrikantha in Kashmir. The first three schools of Shaivism mentioned above originated in the beginning as religious cults in chronological order in the pre-Christian era in the north-western and south-western parts of India. Very limited literature that was created later is available pertaining to them, shedding light on their spiritual thought projections. The Saiva Siddhanta School of spiritual thought is also one of the ancient schools of Shaivism that has extensive literature and also followi