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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.
Vaishnavism
Noun
1. Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu
(synonym) Vaisnavism
(hypernym) sect, religious sect, religious order
(member-holonym) Hinduism, Hindooism
(member-meronym) Vaishnava
2. worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon
(synonym) Vaisnavism, Vishnuism
(hypernym) Hinduism, Hindooism
Vaishnavism
(n.)
The worship of Vishnu.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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