Vaikhanasa, the Glossary
Vaikhanasa or Vaikhanasagama is a tradition of Hinduism that primarily worships Vishnu (and his associated avatars) as the Supreme God.[1]
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41 relations: Agama (Hinduism), Atri, Avatar, Āśrama (stage), Bhrigu, Brahmin, Dhyana in Hinduism, God, Hinduism, Historical Vedic religion, Japa, Kashyapa, Lakshmi, Mahabharata, Mantra, Manu (Hinduism), Manusmriti, Marichi, Moksha, Monotheism, Murti, Naimiṣāraṇya (forest), Narayaniyam, Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya, Om Namo Narayanaya, Pancharatra, Panentheism, Prakṛti, Puja (Hinduism), Pujari, Ramanuja, Shakti, Sri Vaishnavism, Taittiriya Shakha, Vaikuntha, Vaishnavism, Vānaprastha, Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala, Vishnu, Yajna, Yajurveda.
- Vaishnava sects
Agama (Hinduism)
The Agamas (Devanagari: आगम, IAST) (ākamam) (Bengali: আগম, ISO15919: āgama) are a collection of several Tantric literature and scriptures of Hindu schools.
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Atri
Atri or Attri is a Vedic sage, who is credited with composing numerous hymns to Agni, Indra, and other Vedic deities of Hinduism.
Avatar
Avatar is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means.
Āśrama (stage)
Āśrama (आश्रम) is a system of stages of life discussed in Hindu texts of the ancient and medieval eras.
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Bhrigu
Bhrigu (भृगु) is a rishi of Adi-rishi tradition.
Brahmin
Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) is a varna (caste) within Hindu society.
Dhyana in Hinduism
Dhyāna (Sanskrit: ध्यान) in Hinduism means contemplation and meditation.
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God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.
Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Historical Vedic religion
The historical Vedic religion, also known as Vedicism and Vedism, sometimes called "Ancient Hinduism", constituted the religious ideas and practices prevalent amongst the Indo-Aryan peoples of the northwest Indian subcontinent (Punjab and the western Ganges plain) during the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE). Vaikhanasa and historical Vedic religion are Hindu denominations.
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Japa
Japa (जप) is the meditative repetition of a mantra or a divine name.
Kashyapa
Kashyapa (कश्यप) is a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism.
Lakshmi
Lakshmi (sometimes spelled Laxmi) also known as Shri, is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism.
Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
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Mantra
A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indic language like Sanskrit) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.
Manu (Hinduism)
Manu (मनु) is a term found with various meanings in Hinduism.
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Manusmriti
The Manusmṛti (मनुस्मृति), also known as the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra or the Laws of Manu, is one of the many legal texts and constitutions among the many of Hinduism.
Marichi
Marichi (lit) or Mareechi or Marishi is the mind-born son of Brahma, and one of the Saptarishi in Hindu mythology.
Moksha
Moksha (मोक्ष), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release.
Monotheism
Monotheism is the belief that one god is the only deity.
Murti
In the Hindu tradition, a murti (mūrti) is a devotional image, such as a statue or icon, of a deity or saint used during puja and/or in other customary forms of actively expressing devotion or reverence - whether at Hindu temples or shrines.
Naimiṣāraṇya (forest)
Naimiṣāraṇya, also referred as Naimisha is a sacred forest frequently mentioned in Puranic literature, as well as both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
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Narayaniyam
The Narayaniyam is a medieval-era Sanskrit text, comprising a summary study in poetic form of the Bhagavata Purana.
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Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya (lit) is one of the most popular mantras in Hinduism and, according to the Bhagavata tradition, the most important mantra in Vaishnavism.
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Om Namo Narayanaya
Om Namo Narayanaya, also referred to as the Ashtakshara (eight syllables), and the Narayana Mantra, is among the most popular mantras of Hinduism, and the principal mantra of Vaishnavism.
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Pancharatra
Pancharatra (IAST: Pāñcarātra) was a religious movement in Hinduism that originated in late 3rd-century BCE around the ideas of Narayana and the various avatars of Vishnu as their central deities.
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Panentheism
Panentheism ("all in God", from the Greek label, label and label) is the belief that the divine intersects every part of the universe and also extends beyond space and time.
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Prakṛti
Prakriti (प्रकृति) is "the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance".
Puja (Hinduism)
Puja (translit-std), also spelt pooja, is a worship ritual performed by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities, to host and honour a guest, or to spiritually celebrate an event.
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Pujari
Pūjari is a designation given to a Hindu temple priest who performs pūja.
Ramanuja
Ramanuja (Middle Tamil: Rāmāṉujam; Classical Sanskrit: Rāmānuja; 1077 – 1157), also known as Ramanujacharya, was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and a social reformer.
Shakti
Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; 'energy, ability, strength, effort, power, might, capability') in Hinduism, is the "Universal Power" that underlies and sustains all existence.
Sri Vaishnavism
Sri Vaishnavism is a denomination within the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism, predominantly practiced in South India. Vaikhanasa and Sri Vaishnavism are Vaishnava sects.
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Taittiriya Shakha
The Taittirīya Shakha (Sanskrit, loosely meaning 'Branch or School of the sage Tittiri'), is a shakha (i.e. 'branch', 'school', or rescension) of the Krishna (black) Yajurveda.
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Vaikuntha
Vaikuntha (translit), also called Vishnuloka, and Tirunatu (Tirunāṭu) in Tamil, is the abode of Vishnu, the supreme deity in the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism,Gavin Flood, (1996).
Vaishnavism
Vaishnavism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. Vaikhanasa and Vaishnavism are Hindu denominations.
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Vānaprastha
Vānaprastha (वानप्रस्थ) literally meaning 'way of the forest' or 'forest road', is the third stage in the 'Chaturasrama' system of Hinduism.
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Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala
The Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple is a Hindu temple situated in the hills of Tirumala at Tirupati in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Vishnu
Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.
Yajna
Yajna (also pronounced as Yag) (lit) in Hinduism refers to any ritual done in front of a sacred fire, often with mantras.
Yajurveda
The Yajurveda (यजुर्वेद,, from यजुस्, "worship", and वेद, "knowledge") is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals.
See also
Vaishnava sects
- Andhra Vaishnavas
- Ayyavazhi
- Ekasarana Dharma
- Haridasa
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Iyengar
- Kabir panth
- Kapadi
- Kartabhaja
- Madhva tradition
- Meitei Vaishnavism
- Nirmohi Akhara
- Radha Vallabha Sampradaya
- Ramanandi Sampradaya
- Ramdwara
- Rudra Sampradaya
- Sat Vaishnavism
- Satani (caste)
- Satya Mahima Dharma
- Shyam Manohar Goswami
- Sri Vaishnavism
- Swaminarayan Sampradaya
- Vaikhanasa
- Vaishnava Sahajiya
- Warkari
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaikhanasa
Also known as Vaikanasa aagama, Vaikhanasas.