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In Hinduism, the Rudra Sampradaya is one of four Vaishnava sampradayas, a tradition of disciplic succession in the religion. Vaishnavism is distinguished from other schools of Hinduism by its primary worship of deities Vishnu and his Avatars as the Supreme forms of God.
The Ramanandi (IAST: Rāmānandī), also known as Ramavats (Rāmāvat), [1] [2] is one of the largest sects of Vaishnavas. [3] Out of 52 sub-branches of Vaishnavism, divided into four Vaishnava sampradayas, 36 are held by the Ramanandi. [4] The sect mainly emphasizes the worship of Rama, Sita, Hanuman, and the avatars of Vishnu. They consider ...
In recent decades this study has also been pursued in a number of academic institutions in Europe, such as the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Bhaktivedanta College, and Syanandura Vaishnava Sabha, a moderate and progressive Vaishnava body headed by Gautham Padmanabhan in Trivandrum which intends to bring about a single and precise book called ...
Identification with and followership of sampradayas is not static, as sampradayas allows flexibility where one can leave one sampradaya and enter another or practice religious syncretism by simultaneously following more than one sampradaya. Samparda is a Punjabi language term, used in Sikhism, for sampradayas.
The major living Vaishnava sampradayas include: [27] [31] Sri Vaishnavism (Sri Vaishnava Sampradaya or Sri Sampradaya) is associated with the worship of the divine couple Lakshmi-Narayana. Adherents of this tradition subscribe to the philosophy of Vishishtadvaita. The principal acharyas of this tradition are Ramanuja and Vedanta Desika. [32]
The Supreme Being in this tradition is Radha, while her consort Krishna is described to be the penultimate step toward the supreme deity, [1] and her most intimate servant. [note 1] The tradition prefers to remain unaffiliated with any classical philosophical positions [3] and previous four major Vaishnavite sampradayas. [note 2]
The Vasudeva Upanishad, a Vaishnava text, explains the significance of the three vertical lines in the Urdhva Pundra Tilaka, offering a number of interpretations: [7] [8] To be a reminder of the Vedic scriptures - Rigveda, Yajurveda, and Samaveda; The three worlds Bhu, Bhuva, Svar; The three phonemes of Om - A, U, M;
[1] [2] The Pancaratra literature constitutes the Āgama texts of Vaishnavism. [1] Like the Shaivism counterpart, it not only presents the theology, but describes the details, symbolism and procedures of Vaishnava temples building and rituals. According to the Pancharatra tradition, there are 108 samhitas, but its texts list over 200 samhitas. [13]