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Vaisnavism

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Noun1.Vaisnavism - Hindu sect worshiping of VishnuVaisnavism - Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu      
Hindooism, Hinduism - the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal
religious order, religious sect, sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group
Vaishnava - worshipper of Vishnu
2.Vaisnavism - worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheonVaisnavism - worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon
Hindooism, Hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils


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Nine of the papers are presented here, exploring such topics as the influence of orthodox Vaisnavism on Visistadvaita Vedanta and Pancaratra, the vyuhas in stone, and service as an end in itself.
00 Hardcover BL1218 Most of the research on Hinduism in Britain has focused on Vaisnavism or Hindu-based religiosity transplanted to the West by Indian gurus, explains Geaves (religion, Liverpool Hope U.
95 Hardcover BL1105 In the various cults that later became Vaisnavism, Balarama was portrayed as a form of the minor deity Sesa, the divine snake born on earth as a human being.
 
 
 
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