Vaishnava – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Vaishnavism
Vaishnavism (
Vaisnava dharma) is one of the major
branches of
Hinduism along with
Shaivism,
Smartism and
Shaktism. It is focused on the veneration of
Vishnu. Vaishnavites, or the followers of the Vishnu, lead a way of life promoting the central importance of Vishnu and his
ten avatars.
Vaishnava
Noun
1. worshipper of Vishnu
(hypernym) Hindu, Hindoo
(member-holonym) Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism
Vaishnava
(n.)
A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Vaishnava
Vaishnava Vaisnava (Sanskrit) A follower of any sect recognizing and worshiping Vishnu as the sectarian supreme divinity. There are at present four principal Vaishnava sects: the Ramanujas founded by Ramanujacharya; the Madhvas founded by Madhva; the Vallabhas or Vallabhacharyas founded by Vallabhacharya; and a sect in Bengal founded by Chaitanya. Other minor sects are those founded by Ramananda and Kabir. All these Vaishnava sects are of relatively modern origin, though they use at least some of the ancient Hindu writings as their texts.
