संस्‍कृत हिन्‍दी अंग्रेजी शब्‍दकोश : वैष्णव

हिन्दी — अंग्रेजी

वैष्णव — vaishnava (Noun)

संस्कृत — हिन्दी

वैष्णव — विष्णुसम्बन्धी।; "वैष्णवाः जनाः भजने लीनाः सन्ति।" (adjective)

Monier–Williams

वैष्णव — {vaiṣṇavá} mf({ī})n. relating or belonging or devoted or consecrated to Vishṇu (q.v.), worshipping VṭVishṇu TS. &c. &c. ; m. patr. fr. {viṣṇu} g. {bidâdi} ; 'a worshipper of Vishṇu', N. of one of the three great divisions of modern Hindūism (the other two being the Śaivas and Śāktas ; the Vaishṇavas identify Vishṇu - rather than Brahmā and Śiva - with the supreme Being, and are exclusively devoted to his worship ; they have become separated into four principal and some minor sects, as follow: 1. the Rāmânujas, founded by Rāmânuja, who is said to have lived for 120 years {from 1017 till 1137 ā.ḍ.} ; his chief doctrines are described at p. 878, col. 1, and in RTL. p. 119 &c. ; one peculiarity of his sect is the scrupulous preparation and privacy of three meals ; 2. the Mādhvas, founded by a Kanarese Brāhman named Madhva, whose chief doctrines are described at p. 782, col. 3, and in RTL. p. 130 &c. ; 3. the Vallabhas, founded by Vallabhâcārya, whose chief doctrines are described at p. 928, col. 3, and in RTL. p. 134 &c. ; 4. a sect in Bengal founded by Caitanya {q.v.} who was regarded by his followers as an incarnation of Kṛishṇa ; his chief doctrine was the duty of {bhakti}, or love for that god which was to be so strong that no caste-feelings could exist with it [see RTL. p. 140 &c.] Of the minor Vaishṇava sects those founded by Nimbârka or Nimbâditya {ṛṭḻ. 146} and by Rāmânanda {ṛṭḻ. 147} and by Svāmi-Nārāyaṇa {ṛṭḻ. 148} are perhaps the most important, to which also may be added the reformed theistic sect founded by Kabīr {ṛṭḻ. i 58} and the Sikh theistic sect founded by Nānak {ṛṭḻ. 161})##N. of Soma (lord of the Apsarases) AśvŚr##({śrī-}) of a poet Cat##the 13th cubit ({aratni}) from the bottom or the 5th from the top of the sacrificial post L##a kind of mineral L##(scil. {yajña}) a partic. sacrificial ceremony ib##({ī}), f. patr. fr. {viṣṇu} MBh##a female worshipper of Vishṇu Pañcar##the personified Śakti of Vishṇu (regarded as one of the Mātṛis, and identified with Durgā and Manasā) MBh. Rājat. &c##Asparagus Racemosus L##Ocymum Sanctum L##Clitoria Ternatea L##(in music) a partic. Mūrchanā Saṃgīt##n. a partic. Mahā-rasa (q.v.) Cat##a partic. prodigy or omen (belonging to or occurring in the {paraṃ divam} or upper sky), M-W##the ashes of a burnt-offering ib##N. of the NakshatraŚravana (presided over by Vishṇu) VarBṛS##of two Sāmans ĀrshBr##of various wks., esp. of the Vishṇu-Purlṇa

इन्हें भी देखें : आग्नावैष्णव; ऐन्द्रावैष्णव; प्रश्नवैष्णव; प्रष्णवैष्णव; ब्रह्मेशवैष्णव; भ्रष्टवैष्णवखण्डन; वैखानसवैष्णवागम; वैष्णवकरण; पुष्टिमार्गः; वैष्णवी; भागवती; रामानन्दः;