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This verse is one of the earliest use of the word Bhakti in ancient Indian literature, and has been translated as "the love of God". [49] [58] Scholars [59] [60] have debated whether this phrase is authentic or later insertion into the Upanishad, and whether the terms "Bhakti" and "Deva" meant the same in this ancient text as they do in the ...
Deva (Sanskrit: देव, Sanskrit pronunciation:) means 'shiny', 'exalted', 'heavenly being', 'divine being', 'anything of excellence', [1] and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism. [2] Deva is a masculine term; the feminine equivalent is Devi. The word is a cognate with Latin deus ('god') and Greek Zeus.
'Devi' (Sanskrit: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is deva. The terms Devi and Deva are Sanskrit terms found in Vedic literature of 2nd millennium BCE, wherein Devi is feminine and Deva is masculine. [17] Monier Williams translates it as "heavenly, divine, terrestrial things of high excellence, exalted ...
The earliest mention of bhakti is found in the Shvetashvatara Upanishad verse 6.23, [89] [90] but scholars such as Max Muller state that the word Bhakti appears only once in this Upanishad; and that being in one last verse of the epilogue it could be a later addition, and that the context suggests that it is a panentheistic idea and not ...
The Bhakti movement was a significant religious movement in medieval ... Who has highest Bhakti (love, devotion) [23] of Deva (God), just like his Deva, so for his ...
Jayadeva (pronounced [dʑɐjɐˈdeːʋɐ]; born c. 1170 CE), also spelt Jaideva, was a Sanskrit poet during the 12th century. He is most known for his epic poem Gita Govinda [2] which concentrates on Krishna's love with the gopi, Radha, in a rite of spring. [3]
Bhattadeva (1558–1638), (Baikunthanatha Bhagavata Bhattacharya) is acknowledged as the father of Assamese prose. [7] Though Bhaktiratnakar-katha, the Assamese translation of Sankardev's Sanskrit composition Bhaktiratnakar by Gopala Charana Dwija preceded the works of Bhattadeva, [8] Bhattadeva's prose had an influence in the development of a high and dignified style.
[7] [8] [9] The Bhakti concept of the Devi Gita portion of this Purana is influenced by the Bhagavad Gita, and shares similarities with the Vaishnava concepts of devotion to Krishna found in the Bhagavata Purana. A special type of devotion called para bhakti is mentioned here as the highest way of realizing the supreme goddess.