Vaishnavism

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Hindu religious tradition denomination of Hinduism

Vaishnavism is a major tradition within Hinduism that centers on the worship of Vishnu and his avatars, especially Krishna and Rama.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Sri Vaishnavism 2
Bhagavata tradition 1
Gaudiya Vaishnavism 1

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu religious tradition ⓘ
denomination of Hinduism ⓘ
associatedPhilosophy Achintya Bheda Abheda ⓘ
Dvaita ⓘ
Shuddhadvaita Vedanta ⓘ
surface form: Shuddhadvaita

Vishishtadvaita ⓘ
centralDeity Krishna ⓘ
Rama ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
corePractice bhakti-yoga ⓘ
chanting of divine names ⓘ
kirtan ⓘ
pilgrimage to Vaishnava temples ⓘ
puja ⓘ
scriptural study ⓘ
temple worship ⓘ
developedFrom Vaishnavism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bhagavata tradition

Vedic Vishnu worship ⓘ
emphasizes compassion of God ⓘ
ethical living according to dharma ⓘ
focusesOn worship of Vishnu ⓘ
worship of Vishnu’s avatars ⓘ
geographicPresence People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
global Hindu diaspora ⓘ
goal moksha (liberation from samsara) ⓘ
hasBelief Vishnu as Supreme Being ⓘ
avatars of Vishnu descend to restore dharma ⓘ
bhakti (devotion) as primary path to liberation ⓘ
moksha through grace of Vishnu ⓘ
personal relationship with God ⓘ
hasConcept Dashavatara ⓘ
surface form: dashavatara (ten principal avatars of Vishnu)
hasSubtradition Gaudiya Vaishnavism ⓘ
Madhva Sampradaya ⓘ
Nimbarka Sampradaya ⓘ
Ramanandi Sampradaya ⓘ
Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
Swaminarayan Sampradaya ⓘ
Vallabha Sampradaya ⓘ
historicalOrigin ancient India ⓘ
honorsAvatar Balarama ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Buddha (in some lists)

Kalki ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ
Kurma ⓘ
Matsya ⓘ
Narasimha ⓘ
Parashurama ⓘ
Rama ⓘ
Vamana ⓘ
Varaha ⓘ
influencedBy Bhakti movement ⓘ
influences Hindu devotional literature ⓘ
Hindu temple architecture ⓘ
classical Indian music and dance ⓘ
majorBranchOf Hinduism ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
ritualElement initiation (diksha) ⓘ
tilaka marking ⓘ
vows of devotion ⓘ
scripturalBasis Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
Divya Prabandham ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
Pancharatra texts ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
Upanishads ⓘ
Vedas ⓘ
veneratesText Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
viewOnGod personal God with attributes ⓘ
worshipForm image worship (murti puja) ⓘ
salagrama worship ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krishna → associatedMovement → Vaishnavism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Vishishtadvaita → associatedSect → Vaishnavism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Vaishnavism
Banke Bihari Temple → associatedWith → Vaishnavism ⓘ
subject surface form: Sudama
Vrindavan → associatedWith → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Smartism → contrastedWith → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Vaishnavism → developedFrom → Vaishnavism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhagavata tradition
Tyagaraja → devotionalFocus → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Braj → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Bengal → historicalReligion → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Tamil → isLiturgicalLanguageOf → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Sena dynasty → patronized → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Srirangam → pilgrimageSiteFor → Vaishnavism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaishnavites
Shaktism → relatedTradition → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Swami Prabhupada → religion → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Namdev → religiousAffiliation → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Braj Bhasha → religiousAssociation → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Baul → religiousInfluence → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Bhadrachalam → religiousTradition → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Ram Janmabhoomi → religiousTradition → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Ramanujacharya → religiousTradition → Vaishnavism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Vaishnavism
Srirangam → religiousTradition → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Tikkana → religiousTradition → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Ayodhya → religiousTraditionLinked → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Devi → veneratedIn → Vaishnavism ⓘ
Vishnu → worshipTradition → Vaishnavism ⓘ