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vaishnavism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | vaisnavism, vishnuism |
| Type of | hinduism, hindooism |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | vaisnavism |
| Type of | religious order, sect, religious sect |
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Vaishnavism and Shaivism have always co-existed in Varanasi harmoniously.
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Vaishnavism in the 8th century came into contact with the Advaita doctrine of Adi Shankara.
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Vaishnavism generally does not accept the Trimurti concept.
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Vaishnavism is one of the earliest implicit manifestations of monotheism in the traditions of Vedas.
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In that sense it is also known as sat-vaishnava philosophy to differentiate from the Vishishtadvaita school known by sri-vaishnavism.
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Vaishnavism is expounded in a part of the Mahabharata known as the Bhagavad Gita, which contains a dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna.
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Vaishnavism is a branch of Hinduism in which the principal belief is the identification of Vishnu or Narayana as the one supreme God.
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After all, the distinction between Hinduism and Buddhism in India was purely sectarian and never more than the difference between saivism and vaishnavism.
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Central to vaishnavism is the value it gives to worshiping God's closest devotees, such as the ancestral acharya, or spiritual learned religious figurehead for a family, more than God itself.
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- Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu
- Worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon
- (vaishnava) worshipper of Vishnu
- Vaishnavism (Vaishnava dharma) is one of the major traditions within Hinduism along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. It is also called Vishnuism, its followers are called Vaishnavas, and it considers Vishnu as the Supreme Lord.
- (Vaishnava: (Sanskrit)) A follower of the Hindu god Vishnu
- The worship of Vishnu, often in the form of one of his avatars, Rama and Krishna. This is given its classic form in the Bhagavad Gita.
- One of the four major religions, or denominations of Hinduism, representing roughly half of the world's one billion Hindus. It gravitates around the worship of Lord Vishnu as Personal God, His incarnations and their consorts. ...
- One of the four primary sects of Hinduism that worships any form of God Vishnu as the Supreme Godhead. These forms include the avatars of God Vishnu such as Krishna, Rama, Narasimha and so forth.
