VAISNAVA

Meaning of VAISNAVA in English

noun

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Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

VAISNAVA-SAHAJIYA — member of an esoteric Hindu cult centred in Bengal that sought religious experience through the world of the senses, specifically …
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VAISHNAVA — noun Etymology: Sanskrit vaiṣṇava of Vishnu, from Viṣṇu Vishnu Date: 1808 a member of a major Hindu sect devoted to …
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VAISHNAVA — [Vaish.na.va] n [Skt vaisnava of Vishnu, fr. Visnu Vishnu] (1815): a member of a major Hindu sect devoted to the …
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VAIRAGIN — in Hinduism, a religious ascetic who worships principally one or another form of the god Vishnu. Vairagins generally wear white …
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SADHU AND SWAMI — also spelled saddhu and swamy, Sanskrit sadhu and svamin, in India, religious or holy men. Sadhu signifies any religious ascetic …
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RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM AND ICONOGRAPHY — respectively, the basic and often complex artistic forms and gestures used as a kind of key to convey religious concepts …
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KIRTANA — form of musical worship or group devotion practiced by the Vaisnava sects (followers of the god Vishnu) of Bengal. Kirtana …
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AGAMA — Sanskrit Agama (acquisition of knowledge), any of a class of Hindu tantric writings of medieval India that are sacred texts …
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VISISTADVAITA — (Sanskrit: Nonduality of the Qualified), one of the principal schools of Vedanta, an orthodox philosophy of India. This school grew …
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VEDANTADESIKA — also called Venkatanatha born 1268, Tuppule, near Kanchipuram, Vijayanagar, India died 1370, Srirangam leading theologian of the Visistadvaita (Qualified Nondualism) …
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TYAGARAJA — born 1767, Tamilnad, India died 1847 Indian composer renowned in southern India for his Telugu kirtanas (devotional songs) and ragas. …
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TULSIDAS — born 1543?, probably Rajapur, India died 1623, Varanasi Indian sacred poet whose principal work, the Ramcaritmanas (Sacred Lake of the …
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TRIVANDRUM — city, capital of Kerala state, southwestern India. The community became prominent under Raja Martanda Varma, who made it the capital …
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TANTRA — (Sanskrit: Loom), any of numerous texts dealing with the esoteric practices of some Hindu, Buddhist, and Jaina sects. In the …
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TAMIL LITERATURE — body of writings in Tamil, a Dravidian language of India and Sri Lanka. Apart from literature written in classical (Indo-Aryan) …
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SOUTH INDIAN BRONZE — any of the cult images of Hindu divinities that rank among the finest achievements of Indian visual art. The images …
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SIVA DAYAL SAHEB — born 1818, Agra, Agra province, India died 1878, Agra also called Sivdayal, original name Tulsi Ram founder of the esoteric …
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RAMAKRISHNA — born Feb. 18, 1836, Hooghly, Bengal state, India died Aug. 16, 1886, Calcutta also called Gadadhar Chatterji, or Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya …
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NAYANAR — any of the Tamil poet-musicians of the 7th and 8th centuries AD who composed devotional hymns of great beauty in …
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NAVADWLP — also spelled Nabadwip, city, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Jalangi rivers. The …
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ISVARA — (Sanskrit: Lord), in Hinduism, the personal, or immanent, god, as distinct from the absolute, or transcendent, supreme being (Brahman). Isvara …
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HINDUISM — the beliefs, practices, and socioreligious institutions of the Hindus (originally, the inhabitants of the land of the Indus River). Introduced …
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CENTRAL ASIAN ARTS — the literary, performing, and visual arts of a large portion of Asia embracing the Turkic republics (Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan), …
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CANDIDAS — flourished 15th century, , Bengal, India poet whose love songs addressed to the washerwoman Rami were popular in the medieval …
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BHAKTIVEDANTA, A(BHAY) C(HARANARAVINDA) — born Sept. 1, 1896, Calcutta died Nov. 14, 1977, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India also called Swami Prabhupada Indian religious leader …
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BHAGAVATA — (Sanskrit: One Devoted to Bhagavat ), member of the earliest Hindu sect of which there is any record, representing the …
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BALARAMA — in Hindu mythology, the elder half-brother of Krishna, with whom he shared many adventures. Sometimes Balarama is considered one of …
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AYODHYA — also called Oudh, or Awadh city, south-central Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies on the Ghaghara (Gogra) River near …
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ALVAR — any of a group of South Indian mystics who in the 7th to 10th century wandered from temple to temple …
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VAISHNAVA — n. Hinduism a devotee of Vishnu. [Skr. vaisnavÁ]
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