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- Dictionarydevotee/ˌdɛvəˈtiː/
noun
- 1. a person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about someone or something: "a devotee of Lewis Carroll" Similar
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6 days ago · Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains and Buddhists and beyond India. [7] Although Ganesha has many attributes, he is readily identified by his elephant head and four arms. [8] .
3 days ago · The nine forms of Bhakti or devotion as told by Bhakta Prahlada, the ardent devotee of Vishnu who made Narasimha Avatar possible are: Sravanam – Listening to Holy Scriptures and stories. Kirtanam – Singing of Bhakti songs. Smaranam – Remembering of the names of Gods. Vandanam – Offer prayers.
3 days ago · This movement is a Western outgrowth of the popular Bengali bhakti (devotional) yoga tradition, or Krishna Consciousness, which began in the 16th century. Bhakti yoga’s founder, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1485–1534?), advocated the pursuit of mystical devotion through repetitive chanting, especially of the Hare Krishna mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
5 days ago · Definition of devote yourself to phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
5 days ago · Vaishnavism is the worship and acceptance of Vishnu ( Sanskrit: “The Pervader” or “The Immanent”) or one of his various incarnations ( avatars) as the supreme manifestation of the divine. During a long and complex development, many Vaishnava groups emerged with differing beliefs and aims.
3 days ago · Shaktism ( / sˈæktɪzəm /; Sanskrit: शाक्तसम्प्रदायः, romanized : Śāktasampradāyaḥa) is a major Hindu denomination, in which the godhead or metaphysical reality, is considered metaphorically to be a woman.
3 days ago · Vishnu (also spelled Viṣṇu, Sanskrit: विष्णु) means 'all pervasive' and, according to Medhātith (c. 1000 CE), 'one who is everything and inside everything'.
