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    Bhagavata The Bhagavata (/ˈbɑːɡəˌvɑːtə/; Sanskrit: भागवत, IAST: Bhāgavata [bʱɑ́ːɡɐʋɐtɐ]) tradition, also called Bhagavatism (/ˌbɑːɡəˈvɑːtɪz(ə)m/), is an...
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    Varanasi: Caukhambā Vidyābhavana. p. 332. Upadhyaya, Baldev (1953). Bhagavata sampradaya (1st ed.). Nagaripracarini Sabha. p. 274. Sharma, Raghuvir Simha...
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    The Radha Vallabha Sampradaya (Sanskrit: श्री राधावल्लभ सम्प्रदाय, romanized: Rādhāvallabha sampradāya) is a Vaishnava Hindu denomination which began...
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  • (including Bhagavata Purana, Kurma Purana, Ling Purana, Devi Purana, and Bhavishya Purana) are considered authentic or orthodox. These sampradāyas are aligned...
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  • Vallabha Sampradaya and Nimbarka sampradaya, Krishna is believed to be a transcendent, Supreme Being and source of all avatars in the Bhagavata Purana....
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    Pushtimarg (Path of Nourishing or Flourishing) or Vallabha Sampradāya, is a Hindu Vaiṣṇava saṁpradāya. It was established in the early 16th century by Vallabha...
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    ("qualified non-dualism") philosophy. Around 14th century, Ramanandi Sampradaya split from it. Around the 18th century, the Sri Vaishnava tradition split...
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    The Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: भागवतपुराण; IAST: Bhāgavata Purāṇa), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana...
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    independent movements. Mahanam Sampradaya, inspired by Prabhu Jagadbandhu 108 names of Krishna Achintya Bheda Abheda Bhagavata Cataphatic theology Gaudiya...
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    Krishna (category Characters in the Bhagavata Purana)
    titled as Krishna Līlā. He is a central figure in the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana, the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, and the Bhagavad Gita, and is mentioned...
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  • The Daśanāmi Sampradaya (IAST: Daśanāmī Saṃpradāya "Tradition of Ten Names"), also known as the Order of Swamis, is a Hindu monastic tradition of "single-staff...
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    Radha Krishna (category Swaminarayan Sampradaya)
    denominations including Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Nimbarka Sampradaya, Pushtimarg, and Swaminarayan Sampradaya, it is believed that Radha is not just one cowherd...
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  • religious orator associated with the Nimbarka Sampradaya. He is known for delivering discourses on the Bhagavata Purana and for performing devotional kirtans...
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    Dattatreya (category Inchegeri Sampradaya)
    Durvasa as son of Sage Atri and Devi Anasuya as per the texts such as the Bhagavata Purana, the Markandeya Purana, and the Brahmanda Purana. In iconography...
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    Svayam Bhagavan, or source of the incarnations. The Vallabha Sampradaya and Nimbarka Sampradaya, (philosophical schools) go even further, worshiping Krishna...
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    Sampradaya (IAST: Nimbārka Sampradāya, Sanskrit निम्बार्क सम्प्रदाय), also known as the Kumāra Sampradāya, Hamsa Sampradāya, and Sanakādi Sampradāya (सनकादि...
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    Nandinatha Sampradaya Gagangiri Maharaj - a yogi of Nath and Datta sampradayas Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami – a past guru of the Nandinatha Sampradaya Shri...
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    Vallabha Sampradaya, Nimbarka sampradaya and the old Bhagavat school, Krishna is believed to be fully represented in his original form in the Bhagavata Purana...
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    the Gangetic plain and Gujarat. After his death, the leadership of his sampradāya passed to his elder son Gopīnātha. Vallabha's philosophy promoted the...
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    Mahanam Sampradaya (Bengali: মহানাম সম্প্রদায়) is a monastic organisation founded in the last decade of the 19th century within Hinduism in the Bengal...
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    Krishna as his principal consort in Nimbarka Sampradaya, Pushtimarg, Mahanam Sampradaya, Swaminarayan Sampradaya, Vaishnava-Sahajiya, Manipuri Vaishnavism...
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    festival in Vaishanava sects, such as the Pushtimarg Sampradaya, Gaudiya Sampradaya and Swaminarayan Sampradaya. Krishna spent most of his childhood in Braj,...
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  • conflicting semantics or other usages in the Bhagavata Purana. Traditions of Gaudiya Vaishnavas, the Nimbarka Sampradaya and followers of Vallabha consider him...
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  • Hindu denominations, sampradayas, traditions, movements, and sects are traditions and sub-traditions within Hinduism centered on one or more gods or goddesses...
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    Four Kumaras (category Characters in the Bhagavata Purana)
    studied Vedas from their childhood, and always travelled together. The Bhagavata Purana lists the Kumaras among the twelve mahajanas (great devotees or...
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    Vishnu (category Characters in the Bhagavata Purana)
    well-known of these avatars are Krishna (most notably in the Vishnu Purana, Bhagavata Purana, and Mahabharata; the latter encompassing the Bhagavad Gita), and...
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    The Swaminarayan Sampradaya, also known as Swaminarayan Hinduism and Swaminarayan movement, is a Hindu Vaishnava sampradaya rooted in Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita...
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  • Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata (Bengali: চৈতন্য ভাগবত) is a hagiography of Caitanya Mahāprabhu written by Vrindavana Dasa Thakura (1507–1589 CE). It was the first...
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  • religious leader. He is primarily known for having started the Rudra sampradaya. There are almost no sources on the life of Viṣṇusvāmī. The dates of Viṣṇusvāmī's...
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    Swaminarayan (category Swaminarayan Sampradaya)
    Purushottama, around whom the Swaminarayan Sampradaya developed. In 1800, he was initiated into the Uddhava sampradaya by his guru, Swami Ramanand, and was...
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