Vaishnavism
वैष्णवसम्प्रदाय vaiṣṇavaThe stream of Hinduism that worships Vishnu and his avatars, chiefly Rama and Krishna, centred on bhakti and shaped by the Alvars and the acharyas.
Explained in depth in What is Vaishnavism?Where this term appears
- Āgama and Veda: two revelations Lineages
As the Pāñcarātra article describes, Śaṅkara reads this passage as a rejection of the tantric Vaiṣṇava scripture.
- Eighty-five titles and no text: the Saura tantras and how a tradition disappears Lineages
…heir own canon of scriptures, known, like those of the Śaivas and the Vaiṣṇava followers of the Pañcarātra, as Saṃhitās.
- The Pāñcarātra Saṃhitās Lineages
The rites that bathe and clothe and feed Ranganatha, the reclining Vishnu, come in large part from the Pāñcarātra, the Vaiṣṇava branch of the tantric revelation.
- What are the Āgamas and Tantras? Lineages
Where Vishnu or Narayana reveals, it is called a Saṃhitā , "a collection," and the stream is Vaiṣṇava, its corpus known as the Pāñcarātra .
- What is Shaivism? Lineages
It is one of the great streams of Sanatana Dharma, standing beside Vaishnavism and Shaktism.
- Jagannath Puri and the Ratha Yatra Temples
These are the named positions. A tribal substratum absorbed into Vaishnavism.
- Sat-Chit-Ananda: Being, Consciousness, Bliss Essentials
For them, and for the vast devotional traditions of Vaishnavism, sat-chit-ananda is not a formless abstraction but the very substance of God's own person and form.
- Shruti and Smriti: what counts as Hindu scripture? Scriptures
In the Tenkalai branch of Sri Vaishnavism it is given status equal to the Sanskrit Veda, recited alongside it in temple worship.