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This sensual corruption of Vishnuism, which is really not Vishnuism but simple Krishnaism, led to two prominent reforms within the fold.
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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As for the religion practiced there, the most anyone can say is that there was Vishnuism at the beginning.
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He, however, admitted only the higher castes into his order, and cannot therefore be considered as the founder of the liberalising principle of Vishnuism.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Ramanand, the great prophet of Vishnuism in northern India, and the real founder of the liberal doctrines of the cult, lived at Benares at the end of the fourteenth century, and is supposed to have been a follower of Ramanuj.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The "Mahabharata," the work of many hands, was begun about the fifth century B.C. under Brahmin influence, and in the folowing centuries received additions and modifications, in the interests now of Vishnuism now of Sivaism, till it assumed its final shape in the sixth century of the Christian Era.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Sivaism and Vishnuism have overshadowed the older religion like a rank growth of poisonous weeds.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Unhappily for the later development of Vishnuism, the Krishna of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Both Sivaism and Vishnuism departed more and more strongly from tradition Brahminism, and assumed a decidedly sectarian character towards the older religion and also towards each other.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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We can write about Vishnuism and Śivaism as if they were different religions and this, though incomplete, is not incorrect.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
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Śivaism remained comparatively homogeneous, but Vishnuism gave birth from the eleventh century onwards to a series of sects or Churches still extant and forming exclusive though not mutually hostile associations.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
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