Samkhya Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Hello, I would like to know what "vaisnava" means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Those who rever the divinity in form of Vishnu avatars (Ram, Krishna) are generally referred as Vaishavas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samkhya Posted May 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 Thank you, But is not it possible that it also refers to some vedantic school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinayakan Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Vaishnava is derived from Vishnu. Vishnu + shyan = Vaishnava. The meaning is related to Vishnu. Like: Shiva - shaiva, putra - pautra, vyaakaraNa - vaiyaakaraNa, vibhava- vaibhava etc. There are different schools of Vedanta. There are also vaishnava schools of Vedanta. The most famous of them is Vishistaadvaita-vedaanta (Qualified Non-Dualism)of Ramanuja-acharya. But there are other Vaishnava schools of Vedanta: Dvaita-vedaanta (Dualism) of Madhva-acharya and Dvaitaadvaita-vedaanta (=Dualistic Non-Dualism, also Bhedaabheda) of Nimbaarka-acharya- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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