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Definition of Vaishnavas

Vaishnava
Vaishnava Vaish"na*va (v[imac]sh"n[.a]*v[.a]), n. [Skr. vaish[.n]ava.] (Hindu Myth.) A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.

Meaning of Vaishnavas from wikipedia

- service (seva) within the community. These help Vaishnavas socialize and form a community identity. Vaishnavas mark their foreheads with tilaka made up of...
- Vaishnavas generally speak Tamil, however, Andhra Vaishnavas are Telugu-speaking. Orthodox Sri Vaishnavas are exclusive and hold that they co-existed as...
- Vaishnava Jana To (Gujarati: વૈષ્ણવ જન તો) is a Hindu bhajan, written in the 15th century by the poet Narsinh Mehta in the Gujarati language. The poem...
- Madhva Vaishnavas or Sadh Vaishnavas or Madhvas (also spelled as Madhwas) are Hindu communities in India, who follow Sadh Vaishnavism and Dvaita philosophy...
- neither Chandidas nor Maladhar Basu were Vaishnavas, they were to lay the foundation for much of the following Vaishnava poetry in Bengal. Vaishnavism in Bengal...
- of Dhanurmasam is practised by several Vaishnavas, including temperance and food restrictions for Sri Vaishnavas. According to the Vishnu Purana, fasting...
- reported to have chanted 300,000 holy names of God each day. Gaudiya Vaishnavas follow a vegetarian diet, abstaining from all types of animal flesh, fish...
- "Sahaja" and made use of tantric ****uality (karmamudra). From the Bengali Vaishnavas, Vaiṣṇava Sahajiyā adopted the devotion to Radha Krishna and its understanding...
- The Vaishnava Upanishads are minor Upanishads of Hinduism, related to Vishnu theology (Vaishnavism). There are 14 Vaishnava Upanishads in the Muktika...
- one to become a Vaishnava. It is performed by both Brahmins and non-Brahmins in order to become Vaishnavas. Some non-Brahmin Vaishnavas include Telugu...