Look up: bhakti

1. bhakti
   In Hinduism, a tradition of worship that emphasizes devotion to a personal god as the sole necessary means for achieving salvation. It developed in southern India in the 6th-8th centuries and in...
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2. bhakti
   noun (Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and Nirvana; open to all persons independent of caste or sex
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3. bhakti
   (`devotion,` from Sanskrit bhaj, `to share,` `to love`), in Hinduism, a movement emphasizing the mutual intense emotional attachment and love of a ... [37 related articles]
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4. bhakti
   bhakti (bŭk'tē) [Skt.,=devotion], theistic devotion in Hinduism. Bhakti cults seem to have existed from the earliest times, but they gained strength in the first millennium A.D. The first full statement of liberation and spiritual fulfillment through devotion to a personal god is fou...
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5. Bhakti
   (Skr. division, share) Fervent, loving devotion to the object of contemplation or the divine being itself, the almost universally recognized feeling approach to the highest reality, in contrast to vidya (s.v.) or jnana (s.v.), sanctioned by Indian philosophy and productive of a voluminous literature...
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6. bhakti
   In Hinduism, a tradition of worship that emphasizes devotion to a personal god as the sole necessary means for achieving salvation. It developed in southern India in the 6th–8th centuries and in northern India from the 14th century. In northern India, bhakti was in part a social protest movement. The poet Kabir synthesized Hinduism and Islam t...
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7. Bhakti
   In :wikt:भक्ति#Sanskrit|भक्ति-->) is a term for religious devotion, understood as active involvement of a devotee in divine worship. The term is used within monotheistic Hinduism, referring to the love felt by the worshipper towards the personal Go...
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