bhaktin.
/ˈbʌkti/, /ˈbɑːkti/, U.S. /ˈbɑkti/ Hinduism.
Religious devotion, piety, or devoted faith, as a means of salvation.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun]
devotion?c1225
life-holiness?c1225
love-awe?c1225
reverencec1300
Godfrightiheada1325
pity1340
devoutness1377
truthc1384
love-dreada1400
fearc1400
pietya1500
godliness1528
devoteness1606
heavenly-mindedness1612
obedientialness1651
piousness1659
devotionalness1673
unction1692
theopathy1749
devoteeism1828
pietism1829
bhakti1832
devotionality1850
devotionalism1859
pi1897
1832 H. H. Wilson in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1 220 Expatiating upon the different degrees of Bhakti, or faith, and the various kinds of Mukti, or salvation.
1877 M. Williams Hinduism ix. 115 The doctrine of bhakti, or ‘salvation by faith’.
1911 E. B. Havell Ideals Indian Art 117 Bhakti is the moving spirit in all great religious art, in the West as in the East.
1915 N. Macnicol Indian Theism 30 Those in India whose hearts are filled with bhakti or ‘loving faith’.
1921 T. R. Glover Jesus in Exper. Men iii. 41 Tuka and other mystics of India believed that from this a man might be saved by Bhakti, by self-annihilating devotion to a friendly god. Karma and Bhakti are the two poles of Indian religious thought.
1953 E. M. Forster Hill of Devi 117 Sivaji..believed in bhakti, in our union with the Divine through love.
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C1. attributive and in other combinations.
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1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 57/4 The bhakti movement, the movement of emotional religion.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. XIV. 798/2 Bhakti yoga or devotion to God is also advocated as an additional means.
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bhakti-marga n. [Sanskrit mārga path] the way to salvation through religious devotion or faith.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > way of
washing-wellc1425
the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628
jnana-marga1877
bhakti-marga1937
1937 A. Huxley Ends & Means xiii. 234 In India it is known as bhakti-marga, the path of devotional faith, as opposed to karma-marga, the path of duty or works, and jñana-marga, the path of knowledge.
1963 Listener 28 Mar. 550/2 In the last centuries b.c. a second way, Bhakti-marga or the way of devotion came into prominence, seeking to obtain union with the chosen god through love and service.
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