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  2. Bhakti movement - Wikipedia

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    The Bhakti movement in Hinduism refers to ideas and engagement that emerged in the medieval era on love and devotion to religious concepts built around one or more gods and goddesses. The Bhakti movement preached against the caste system and used local languages and so the message reached the masses. One who practices bhakti is called a bhakta ...

  3. Dasa sahitya - Wikipedia

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    Dasa Sahitya (Kannada: ದಾಸ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ) is a genre of literature of the bhakti movement composed by devotees in honor of Vishnu or one of his avatars. Dasa is literally servant in Kannada and sahitya is literature. Haridasas ("servants of God") were preachers of bhakti to Vishnu or one of his avatars.

  4. Dasakuta - Wikipedia

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    Dasakuta was one of two divisions (along with Vyasakuta) of Haridasas, a group within the Bhakti movement, one of the monotheistic Hindu religious devotional movements focusing on the spiritual practice of loving devotion to a God, called bhakti. This generally means the worship of Lord Vishnu.

  5. Ferdinando Sardella - Wikipedia

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    Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874–1937), the subject of Sardella's monograph.. Sardella studied at the University of Gothenburg, and graduated with BA and B.Th. degrees. . Following his MA in theology with the history of religions as his major subject, [2] [3] Sardella obtained a PhD degree in 2010 at his alma mater on Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, a prominent Bengali proponent of the bhakti ...

  6. Haridasa - Wikipedia

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    While the movement was mainly heralded by the Brahmins, it was a devotional one whose ideals and thoughts pervaded and received noteworthy contributions from all sections of society. [7] The Haridasa movement can be considered as a part of a larger Bhakti movement whose devotional inspiration to the masses lasted over a millennium. The Haridasa ...

  7. Shaivism - Wikipedia

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    Shaivism was the predominant tradition in South India, co-existing with Buddhism and Jainism, before the Vaishnava Alvars launched the Bhakti movement in the 7th century, and influential Vedanta scholars such as Ramanuja developed a philosophical and organizational framework that helped Vaishnavism expand.

  8. Surdas - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Influencing the Bhakti movements, Sant Mat, ... Religion: Hinduism: Philosophy: Bhakti: Religious career ...

  9. Basava - Wikipedia

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    Basava (1131–1196), also called Basavēśvara and Basavaṇṇa, was an Indian philosopher, poet, Lingayat social reformer in the Shiva-focused bhakti movement, and a Hindu Shaivite [4] social reformer during the reign of the Kalyani Chalukya/Kalachuri dynasty.