vEśṛava | व्Eशृअव | vEzRava
vEśṛava/ | व्Eशृअव/ | mf(I)n. relating or belonging or devoted or consecrated to Viṣṇu (q.v.), worshipping V˚, TS. &c. &c.
vEśṛava/ | व्Eशृअव/ | m. patr. fr. viśṛu | विशृउ |, g. bidādi | बिदादि |
‘a worshipper of V˚’, N. of one of the three great divisions of modern Hindūism (the other two being the Śaivas and Śāktas; the Vaiṣṇavas identify Viṣṇu — rather than Brahmā and Śiva — with the supreme Being, and are exclusively devoted to his worship; they have become separated into four principal and some minor sects, as follow: 1. the Rāmānujas, founded by Rāmānuja, who is said to have lived for 120 years [from 1017 till 1137 A.D.] ; his chief doctrines are described at p. 878, col. 1, and in RTL. p. 119 &c.; one peculiarity of his sect is the scrupulous preparation and privacy of three meals; 2. the Mādhvas, founded by a Kanarese Brāhman named Madhva, whose chief doctrines are described at p. 782, col. 3, and in RTL. p. 130 &c.; 3. the Vallabhas, founded by Vallabhācārya, whose chief doctrines are described at p. 928, col. 3, and in RTL. p. 134 &c.; 4. a sect in Bengal founded by Caitanya [q.v.] who was regarded by his followers as an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa; his chief doctrine was the duty of Bakti | Bअक्ति |, or love for that god which was to be so strong that no caste-feelings could exist with it [see, RTL. p. 140 &c.] Of the minor Vaiṣṇava sects those founded by Nimbārka or Nimbāditya [RTL. 146] and by Rāmānanda [RTL. 147] and by Svāmi-Nārāyaṇa [RTL. 148] are perhaps the most important, to which also may be added the reformed theistic sect founded by Kabīr [RTL. 158] and the Sikh theistic sect founded by Nānak [RTL. 161])
N. of Soma (lord of the Apsarasas), ĀśvŚr.
(ṣrī- | ष्री- |) of a poet, Cat.
the 13th cubit (aratni | अरत्नि |) from the bottom or the 5th from the top of the sacrificial post, L.
a kind of mineral, L.
(scil. yajẏa | यज्य़ |) a partic. sacrificial ceremony, ib.
vEśṛava/ | व्Eशृअव/ | n. a partic. Mahā-rasa (q.v.), Cat.
a partic. prodigy or omen (belonging to or occurring in the paraṃ divam | परं दिवम् | or upper sky), MW.
the ashes of a burnt-offering, ib.
N. of the NakṣatraŚravaṇa (presided over by Viṣṇu), VarBṛS.
of two Sāmans, ĀrṣBr.
of various works., esp. of the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa
vEśṛava/ | व्Eशृअव/ | m. patr. fr. viśṛu | विशृउ |, g. bidādi | बिदादि |
‘a worshipper of V˚’, N. of one of the three great divisions of modern Hindūism (the other two being the Śaivas and Śāktas; the Vaiṣṇavas identify Viṣṇu — rather than Brahmā and Śiva — with the supreme Being, and are exclusively devoted to his worship; they have become separated into four principal and some minor sects, as follow: 1. the Rāmānujas, founded by Rāmānuja, who is said to have lived for 120 years [from 1017 till 1137 A.D.] ; his chief doctrines are described at p. 878, col. 1, and in RTL. p. 119 &c.; one peculiarity of his sect is the scrupulous preparation and privacy of three meals; 2. the Mādhvas, founded by a Kanarese Brāhman named Madhva, whose chief doctrines are described at p. 782, col. 3, and in RTL. p. 130 &c.; 3. the Vallabhas, founded by Vallabhācārya, whose chief doctrines are described at p. 928, col. 3, and in RTL. p. 134 &c.; 4. a sect in Bengal founded by Caitanya [q.v.] who was regarded by his followers as an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa; his chief doctrine was the duty of Bakti | Bअक्ति |, or love for that god which was to be so strong that no caste-feelings could exist with it [see, RTL. p. 140 &c.] Of the minor Vaiṣṇava sects those founded by Nimbārka or Nimbāditya [RTL. 146] and by Rāmānanda [RTL. 147] and by Svāmi-Nārāyaṇa [RTL. 148] are perhaps the most important, to which also may be added the reformed theistic sect founded by Kabīr [RTL. 158] and the Sikh theistic sect founded by Nānak [RTL. 161])
N. of Soma (lord of the Apsarasas), ĀśvŚr.
(ṣrī- | ष्री- |) of a poet, Cat.
the 13th cubit (aratni | अरत्नि |) from the bottom or the 5th from the top of the sacrificial post, L.
a kind of mineral, L.
(scil. yajẏa | यज्य़ |) a partic. sacrificial ceremony, ib.
vEśṛava/ | व्Eशृअव/ | n. a partic. Mahā-rasa (q.v.), Cat.
a partic. prodigy or omen (belonging to or occurring in the paraṃ divam | परं दिवम् | or upper sky), MW.
the ashes of a burnt-offering, ib.
N. of the NakṣatraŚravaṇa (presided over by Viṣṇu), VarBṛS.
of two Sāmans, ĀrṣBr.
of various works., esp. of the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa