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  • ...[worship]] is very old, there has been a lot of synthetic development in [[Vaishnava]] traditions in the past millennium in every dimension, [[Vedanta]], [[Bhak ...xts expound the [[Mantra Sastra]] underlying [[Vaishnava]] and the various Vaishnava [[mantra vidyas]].
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  • ...has primary and secondary beejas, represented by the main and associate [[deities]] respectively. ...major Puranic deities are combinations of the qualities of multiple Vedic deities.
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  • ...ya, derives from primary beejas and for this reason, in Madhva School of [[Vaishnava]], Anjaneya is the most important deity immediately after Vishnu. Lalita, B ...h Mantra Sastra are kind of obscure and only people who study and practice Vaishnava to a good depth will trace their links/[[origins]]. This is the reason why
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  • ...he origin of this tradition has been described in various scriptures, both Vaishnava and others. Usually in India, when saints were considered avatars, they wer [[Category: Vaishnava Deities]]
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  • ...cond is that these beejas are “krura” and for that reason, the presiding [[deities]] of [[Mantra vidyas]] containing these beejas are usually terrible forms. ...]], Mrutyunjaya Pasupata etc), [[Sakta]] (Tarakamba, Tara traya etc) and [[Vaishnava]] (Para is one of the five forms in which [[Vishnu]] is worshiped).
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  • ...s, resolving any legal problems and to gain peace and harmony. The other [[deities]] present here are Sri Vinayagar, Sri Dhakshinamurthy, Sri Maha [[Vishnu]], ...are feast to watch. Though this is a [[Shiva]] temple, the sculptures of [[Vaishnava]] concepts are given equal importance here. The entire walls of Raja Gopura
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  • ...e functions of divine, and in [[Saiva]]-[[Sakta]] parlance the presiding [[deities]] for these are Brahma, [[Vishnu]], Rudra, Isvara and Sadasiva. Here Sadasi ...rm of Isvara – described as Siva in [[Saiva]]-[[Sakta]] and as Vishnu in [[Vaishnava]].
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  • ...ich most Sikhs revere God is Satnam, which was first used by [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava]] [[Ramanuja|Saint Ramanuja]] in his ''Satanaama [[Stotra]].'' [[Sikhism]] ...otee of God. Almost all of them has been written in Guru Granth Sahib by [[Vaishnava]] saints. Sant Kabir had said that Guru Nanak and his followers were follo
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  • ...but the Sri Kovil ( Sanctum Sanctorum), flag-staff and all the support - [[deities]] remained unaffected. The fire gutted the entire surroundings. The *Sri Ko ...aivadyam' (white offering i.e. of cooked rice) ; simultaneously, the sub-[[deities]] in the temple are attended to by associate priests. `Ganapathy [[homa]]'
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  • ...nava]], [[Sakta]], [[Ganapatya]], [[Saura]] and [[Kaumara]], which treat [[deities]] Siva, [[Vishnu]], Sakti-the mother Goddess, Ganapathi, [[Surya]] and Kuma
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  • ...ism when it is called Sarva-[[devata]] Svarupini ("''Universal Form of All Deities''.")]] ...ne Mother as the Supreme Being respectively or considering all [[Hindu]] [[deities]] as aspects of the Supreme Being or Brahm.<ref>See [[Advaita]], or imperso
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  • ...[[Sri Krishna]] and Sri Bhoothanatha, are considered as the accompanying [[deities]] of lord Rajarajeswara. ...and spiritual well being. Signifying this combination of the Shaiva and [[Vaishnava]] aspects in the shrine, twice a year, during Shivaratri and Vishnu, the Ut
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  • ...igumpha inscription also reveals that he repaired the temples of all the [[deities]].<ref>It means "Sava devayatana sanakara karako."</ref><ref> P. 144 ''Proc ...Jain family is said to be the uplifter of four doctrines (Jain, Shaiva, [[Vaishnava]], and [[Bauddha]].) He even built 21 temples to merit his ancestors up to
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  • ...along with Lord Kāmeswara, is worshiped there by lakhs of Her attendant [[deities]]. She is called Kāmakalā, the manifestation of desire due to the desire ...male forms or [[deities]] from feet to head upwards and female forms or [[deities]] from head to feet downwards. Also, the Mother’s feet are said to be the
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  • ...ther Vasudeva and the simple devotee Shrutadeva of Mithila, to celestial [[deities]] like [[Indra]] and Brahma—take great pains to announce that Krishna is ...firm faith and devotion. In the medieval [[bhakti]] period, a number of [[Vaishnava]] saints—like Haridas, the great musician, and Surdas, the celebrated poe
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  • ...han Gods: "Hermits, [[ascetics]], Brahmanas, the crowds of the Vaimanika [[deities]], the lunar mansions, and the Daityas form the first and lowest rank of th ...accused together with his sons of having wrecked havoc on the earth. The [[Vaishnava]] version to this story is that because [[Bhudevi]] (i.e., [[Prithvi|Earth]
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  • ...temples, as also the Saptamatrika group, Chandesa and other ''parivara'' [[deities]].’<ref>K R Srinivasan, Temples of South India (New Delhi: National Book ...cow of plenty) and the “wish-yielding tree”, guards [[Indra]] and other [[deities]], is holy, and has eyes that are cool with compassion and lips that are sc
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  • ...popularly called the [[Dasa]] literature, shaped by the followers of the [[Vaishnava]] tradition. ...uator and the inner-dweller yourself. O Gopala Vitthala! the Lord of the [[Deities]], only the learned know you and others do not. You yourself are the all-pe
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  • ...the presence of the attributes and distinctive characteristics of these [[deities]] and elements—all in one person. ...leventh Rudra. [[Madhvacharya]], the founder of the [[Dvaita]] school of [[Vaishnava]] philosophy, called himself the incarnation of Hanuman. ‘His [Hanuman’
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  • ...edge. literary or scientific in which he was not proficient. Of the many [[deities]] he sang about, Devanatha of Tiruvaheendrapuram is the ONLY ONE who has be ...tha Sthuthi on Lord Vijayaraghava at Tirupputkuzhi. He also composed Sri [[Vaishnava]] Dinasari, Panniru Naamam, Tiruchchinna Maalai; In Manipravala: Sampradaay
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