One of four major organizational groups of the Dashanami Sanyasis, renunciant ascetics who are devotees (bhakta) of the god Shiva; the other three divisions are Bhuriwara, Bhogawara, and Anandawara.
Each of these organizations is based in one of the four monastic centers (maths) that philosopher Shankaracharya is said to have founded.
Each of the 10 Dashanami divisions is linked to one of the
four Vedas, one of the "great utterances" (mahavakyas) conveying the
ultimate truth, a specific ascetic trait, and one of the four Vedas.
The Kitawara group is associated with the Sharada math at
Dwaraka, and so with India's western quarter.
The Sama Veda is the Veda of the Kitawara.
Their mahavakya is "tattvamasi" ("That thou
are"), and their ascetic quality is eating just a little amount of food.
Tirtha and Ashrama are the Dashanami divisions connected
with this group.
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