Sivacharya: The hereditary priests of the Saiva Siddhanta tradition. The title of Adisaiva Brahmins.
An Adisaiva priest who has received the necessary training and dikshas to perform public Siva temple rites known as Agamic nitya parartha puja.
A fully qualified Sivacharya is also known as archaka. Sivacharya, too, names the family clan of this priest tradition.

Adisaiva: A hereditary priest and teacher of the South Indian Saiva Siddhanta tradition; Saivite brahmins descended from the gotras of five rishis and who alone are entitled to conduct rites in Agamic Siva temples.

Adisaiva and Sivacharya are synonyms for this hereditary priest lineage.

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