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Dictionary - Vaishnava: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vaishnava
Vaishnava A devotee of the Supreme Lord Vishnu. Since Krishna and Vishnu are different aspects of the same Supreme Person, devotees of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Caitanya-vaishnava's: Sai Baba Dictionary On Caitanya-vaishnava's
Caitanya-vaishnava's: Caitanya-vaishnava's: School of devotees of Lord Vishnu, who follow Lord Caitanya.   (See also: Caita...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sri Vaishnava: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Sri Vaishnava
Sri Vaishnava: A worshipper of Vishnu according to the philosophical school of Sri Ramanuja known as Vashistadvaita Vedanta (Qualified...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vaishnava: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Vaishnava
Vaishnava (Sanskrit) A follower of the Hindu god Vishnu   (See also: Vaishnava , New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vaishnava: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Vaishnava
Vaishnava (Sanskrit). A follower of any sect recognising and worshipping Vishnu as the one supreme God. The worshippers of Siva are ca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya
Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya The school of pure devotion to Radha and Krishna founded by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gaudiya Vaishnava: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Gaudiya Vaishnava
Gaudiya Vaishnava a follower of Lord Chaitanya.   (See also: Gaudiya Vaishnava , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura the spiritual master of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada; an acharya in the Gau...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Andhra Pradesh (pradesha):: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Andhra Pradesh (pradesha):
Andhra Pradesh (Pradesha): (Sanskrit) Modern Indian state located on the southeast coast of India north of Tamil Nadu. The capital is Hy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vallabhacharya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vallabhacharya
Vallabhacharya: (Sanskrit) "Beloved." V   aishnava saint (ca 1475-1530) whose panentheistic Shuddha Advaita (pure nondu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vaishnava, Vaisnava: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vaishnava, Vaisnava
Vaishnava Vaisnava (Sanskrit) A follower of any sect recognizing and worshiping Vishnu as the sectarian supreme divinity. There are at...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pancharatra Agama (agamas):: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Pancharatra Agama (agamas):
Pancharatra Agama (Agamas): (Sanskrit) The most popular of the two major groups of Vaishnava Agamas (the other being the Vaikasana Aga...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Namo Narayanaya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Namo Narayanaya
Namo Narayanaya: (Sanskrit) "Salutations to Lord Vishnu." The great mantra of the Vaishnava faith. Also a popular greeting a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaitanya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Chaitanya
Chaitanya: (Sanskrit) A renowned Vaishnava saint (1485 - 1534), revered today especially in Bengal and Orissa, remembered for his ecst...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trees,: Sai Baba Dictionary On Krishna About Vriksha
Trees,: Trees, (Krishna about) [vriksha]: (SB 10:22)   'O Stoka Krishna and Ams'u; o S'ridama, Subala and Arjuna; o Vis'ala, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vaishnavism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vaishnavism
Vaishnavism (Vaishnava): (Sanskrit) "Way of Vishnu."   One of the four major religions, or denominations of Hinduism, r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhaktivinoda Thakura: Sai Baba Dictionary On Bhaktivinoda Thakura (born. 1838-1914)
Bhaktivinoda Thakura: Bhaktivinoda Thakura (born. 1838-1914): great acarya, teacher of the teacher of Swami Prabhupada, writer of m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Archives And Dictionary Related To Sanskrit - Gaa - Gau
Popular archives related to Sanskrit Sanskrit, Sanskrit Dictionary, Sanskrit Symbol, Sanskrit Language, Sanskrit Alphabet, Sanskrit Li...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Andal: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Andal
Andal: (Tamil) Famed Vaishnava saint of Tamil Nadu. One of the Alvars, she lived in the early 9th century and today is venerated as one ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tantras: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Tantras
tantras Scriptures that teach mantra chanting and Deity worship, especially for persons not initiated into study of the original Vedas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samhita: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Samhita
samhita: (Sanskrit) "Collection." 1)    Any methodically arranged collection of texts or verses. 2) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramanuja: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Ramanuja (-acharya)
Ramanuja (-acharya) The founding acharya of one of the four Vaishnava sampradayas in Kali-yuga   (See also: Ramanuja , Bhakti,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vallabhacharyas, Vallbhacaryas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vallabhacharyas, Vallbhacaryas
Vallabhacharyas Vallbhacaryas (Sanskrit) A Vaishnava sect founded by Vallabhacharya, a sectarian mystic said to have been the disciple...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhaktivedanta Institute: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Bhaktivedanta Institute
Bhaktivedanta Institute an organization within ISKCON which conducts scientific research and education in accordance with the Gaudiya ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Garbadhana Samskara: Sai Baba Dictionary On Garbadhana Samskara
Garbadhana samskara: Garbadhana samskara: purification ritual for procreation; with the vaishnava's: extra rounds of japa (50). Fir...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Madhvacharya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Madhvacharya
Madhvacharya The founding acharya of one of the four Vaishnava sampradayas in Kali-yuga. He appeared in the thirteenth century as a Ka...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ambarisha: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Ambarisha
Ambarisha A saintly Vaishnava king famous for using all his resources and bodily activities in devotional service to the Supreme Lord....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tridandi-bhikshu Swami: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Tridandi-bhikshu Swami
tridandi-bhikshu swami a Vaishnava sannyasi who lives by begging.   (See also: tridandi-bhikshu swami , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Danda: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Danda
danda a staff carried by Vaishnava sannyasis.   (See also: danda , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Surdas: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Surdas
Surdas: (Sanskrit) Blind North-Indian Vaishnava poet (ca 1550), famous for his devotional hymns to Lord Krishna. His massive writing S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Parampara: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Parampara
parampara An authorized Vaishnava disciplic succession. More ordinarily, any tradition.   (See also: parampara , Bhakti, Bhakt...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mirabai: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Mirabai
Mirabai: (Sanskrit) A Vaishnava saint (ca 1420), poetess and mystic, said to be a Rajput princess who abandoned the world in total sur...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Madhva: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Madhva
Madhva: (Sanskrit) South Indian Vaishnava saint (11971278) who expounded a purely dualistic (pluralistic) Vedanta in which there is an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bali: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Bali
Bali King of the Daitya demons, son of Virocana, and grandson of the great Vaishnava Prahlada. When Lord Vamana tricked Bali into dona...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagavata Purana: Vedic Hindu Scriptures Dictionary On Bhagavata Purana
Bhagavata Purana It is the fifth purana in length but is the most popular and influencial among the puranas. It is primarily a vaishn...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Baladeva Vidyabhushana: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Baladeva Vidyabhushana
Baladeva Vidyabhushana A prominent scholarly acharya in the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya. He studied under Srila Vishvanatha Cakravart...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alvar: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Alvar
Alvar: (Tamil) "One who rules the Lord through bhakti." A group of renowned saints of the Vaishnava religion (7th9th century...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhaktivinoda Thakura: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Bhaktivinoda Thakura an acharya in the Gaudiya Vaishnava disciplic succession; the father of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Japa: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Japa
japa: (Sanskrit) "Incantation."   Practice of concentrated repetition of a mantra, often while counting the repetition...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bilvamangala Thakura: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Bilvamangala Thakura
Bilvamangala Thakura A great Vaishnava poet, also known as Lilashuka. He was the author of Krishna-karnamrita, a book rediscovered and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Narada Sutra: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Narada Sutra
Narada Sutra (Sutras): (Sanskrit) A Vaishnava text of 84 aphorisms in which Sage Narada explains bhakti yoga (ca 1200). (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vidyapati: Sai Baba Dictionary On Vidyapati
Vidyapati: Vidyapati: an author of Vaishnava poetry who was particularly admired by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.   (See als...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Narottama Dasa Thakura: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Narottama Dasa Thakura
Narottama dasa Thakura a Vaishnava spiritual master in the disciplic succession from Lord Chaitanya and writer of many standard Vaishn...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Purana
Purana (Sanskrit) Ancient, old, an ancient tale or legend. The 18 Hindu scriptures known today as the Puranas are ancient legends of o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nalvar: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Nalvar
Nalvar: (Tamil) "Four devout beings."   Four renowned saints of the Saiva religion (7th to 9th century): Appar, Sundar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vishnavites: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vishnavites
Vishnavites.   See VAISHNAVA   (See also: Vishnavites , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagavata Purana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Bhagavata Purana
Bhagavata Purana: n (Sanskrit) Also known as Srimad Bhagavatam, a work of 18,000 stanzas.   A major Purana and primary Vaishnava...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramanuja: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ramanuja
Ramanuja: (Sanskrit) Philosopher (1017-1137), saint, great bhakta, founder of one of five major Vaishnava schools, and considered the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Caitanya-caritamrita: Sai Baba Dictionary On Caitanya-caritamrita
Caitanya-caritamrita: Caitanya-caritamrita: The book of Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami about the life and teachings of Lord Caitanya....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nimbarka: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Nimbarka
Nimbarka: (Sanskrit) Mystic, philosopher and founder of the Minandi Vaishnava school of Vedanta (ca 1150). He acclaimed the guru's gra...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Visishtadvaita, Visistadvaita: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Visishtadvaita, Visistadvaita
Visishtadvaita visistadvaita (Sanskrit) [from visishta distinguished, qualified from the verbal root visish to distinguish + advaita n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acharya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Acharya
acharya One who teaches by personal example. Acaryas in the pure Vaishnava line instruct people and initiate them into the Supreme Lor...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purana: Vedic Hindu Scriptures Dictionary On Purana
Purana "Literally "ancient"; any one of eighteen sacred books of Hinduism, attributed to Vyasa, which elaborate and pop...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sampradaya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Sampradaya
sampradaya A school of philosophy or religion. According to the Padma Purana, there are four authorized Vaishnava sampradayas, founded...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vaishnavite: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vaishnavite
Vaishnavite: Of or relating to Vishnu; same as Vaishnava. A follower of Vishnu or His incarnations. See: Vaishnavism, Vishnu. (See a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rudra-sampradaya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Rudra-sampradaya
Rudra-sampradaya One of the four authorized Vaishnava schools. It was founded originally by Lord Siva and reestablished in the Kali-yu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tridanda: Sai Baba Dictionary On Tridanda
Tridanda: Tridanda:The tridanda is a staff carried by vaishnava sannyasis symbolizing the threefold austerity of thought, speech an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pancaratras: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Pancaratras
Pancaratras Vaishnava tantras that teach one to worship the Supreme Lord by serving His Deity forms and chanting mantras addressed to ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramanujacharya, Ranmanujacarya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ramanujacharya, Ranmanujacarya
Ramanujacharya Ranmanujacarya (Sanskrit) A celebrated Vaishnava reformer, founder of a Vedantic school which taught the doctrine of Vi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yamuna: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Yamuna (-acharya)
Yamuna (-acharya) A prominent teacher in the Sri Vaishnava sampradaya. He was the guru of the initiating guru of Ramanujacharya. Sri Y...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tulasidasa: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Tulasidasa
Tulasidasa: (Sanskrit) Vaishnava sannyasin poet (ca 1532-1623) whose Sri Ramacharitamanasa, a Hindi rendering of Valmiki's Sanskrit ep...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaithanya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Chaithanya
Chaithanya: Chaithanya. Fifteenth century Vaishnava mendicant reformer; taught the path of love and devotion to the Avatar of Sri K...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vishishtadvaita: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vishishtadvaita
Vishishtadvaita: (Sanskrit) "Qualified nondualism."   Best known as the term used by Ramanuja (ca 1017-1137) to name h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vijayadhvaja Tirtha: Sai Baba Dictionary On Vijayadhvaja Tirtha
Vijayadhvaja Tirtha: Vijayadhvaja Tirtha: a Vaishnava spiritual master and commentator on Srimad-Bhagavatam in the disciplic succes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vallabhacharya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Vallabhacharya (vallabhaachaarya)
Vallabhacharya: Vallabhacharya (Vallabhaachaarya). Fifteenth century Vaishnava teacher; advocated non-mortification of the body. Wr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta-sutra: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vedanta-sutra
Vedanta-sutra A concise systematic explanation of the Vedic Upanishads. It was written by Dvaipayana Vyasa and has been commented on b...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vishvanatha Cakravarti: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vishvanatha Cakravarti
Vishvanatha Cakravarti A prominent Gaudiya Vaishnava acharya in the line of Srila Narottama dasa Thakura. In the mid seventeenth centu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaitanya, Caitanya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Chaitanya, Caitanya
Chaitanya caitanya (Sanskrit) (from chit to perceive, understand, be conscious)   Consciousness, intelligence; the cosmic intelli...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagavata Purana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Bhagavata Purana
Bhagavata Purana: n (Sanskrit) Also known as Srimad Bhagavatam, a work of 18,000 stanzas. A major Purana and primary Vaishnava scriptu...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Hinduism Lexicon On A
Hinduism Lexicon on A From aadheenam to axis.      » Read the article

Dictionary - Vaishnava: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Vaishnava
Vaishnava: A devotee of Vishnu.   (See also: Vaishnava , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Sou...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Hinduism Lexicon On B
Hinduism Lexicon on B From backbiting to buddhi chitta.    » Read the article

Article - Dadu Panthis: Hindu Sects And Cults - Dadu Panthis
Dadu Panthis: The Dadu Panthis form one of the Vaishnava cults. Dadu, the founder of this sect, was a disciple of one of the Kabir Panthi...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Yoga: The Four Paths Of Hindu Yoga
The four main spiritual paths for God-realisation are Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga and Jnana Yoga. Karma Yoga is suitable for a man...   » Read the article

Article - Vaishnava Agamas: The Vaishnava Agamas In The Hindu Scriptures
The Vaishnava Agamas are of four kinds: the Vaikhanasa, Pancharatra, Pratishthasara and Vijnanalalita. The Brahma, Saiva Kaumara, Vasisht...   » Read the article

Article - Dharma: Religion And Dharma Are Not Synonymous
Religion and Dharma Are Not Synonymous Dharma and religion are not the same thing. The terms are used interchangeably for want of an app...   » Read the article

Article - Agamas: The Agamas In The Hindu Scriptures
The Agamas : Another class of popular scriptures are the Agamas. The Agamas are theological treatises and practical manuals of divine wor...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Quick Links To Archives And Dictionary Related To Mysticism - V - Ve
Links to archives related to mysticism: V - Letter V, Vachisvara, Vach-sata-rupa, vac-sata-rupa, Vacuum, vac-viraj, Vadduku, Vag...   » Read the article