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‖ Vaishnava|ˈvaiʃnavaː|
[a. Skr. vaiṣṇavá relating, belonging, or sacred to Vishnu; a worshipper or follower of Vishnu.]
A. n. A member of one of the three great divisions of modern Hinduism, exclusively devoted to the worship of the god Vishnu as the Supreme Being.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this division of Hinduism.
1845[see Sakta]. 1876[see Saiva n. and a.]. 1882[see Vedism]. 1903Times 2 May 16/2 The ‘holy basil’ is..planted before every Vaishnava house, and every Vaishnava wears necklaces, or armlets, and carries a rosary, made up of sections of its stalks or roots. 1944E. Thompson Robert Bridges xi. 95 They both thought it worthless and in bad taste, as Rabindranath Tagore considered Bengali Vaishnava erotic mystical verse. 1968Jrnl. Mus. Acad. Madras XXXIX. 61 To the Vaishnava devotees all over India Sri Krishna has been the Godhead for meditation.
Hence ˈVais(h)navism = Vishnuism; ˈVais(h)navite a., of or pertaining to Vaishnavas or Vishnuism.
1877[see S(h)aivism s.v. Saiva n. and a.]. 1919N. Macnicol Psalms of Maratha Saints 5 There are one hundred and eight tulsi beads on the rosary worn by the Vaisnavite devotee. 1934Nature 5 May 680/2 The ingrained love of life disclosed by the religions of Saktism and Vaisnavism among the Bengalis, comparable to that found among the Aryans, is a racial psychological trait to be associated with the brachycephalic Bengali castes. 1956[see S(h)aivism s.v. Saiva n. and a.]. 1967Singha & Massey Indian Dances i. 35 Of the Vaishnavite temples those at Belur and Halebid have an important significance. 1969Indo-Asian Culture Oct. 70 Both Saivism and Vaishnavism were popular in Srihatta and the neighbouring region during the late Gupta and medieval times. |