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Chaitanya Charitamrita, the biography of the Vaishnavite saint, described how the Mahaprabhu as the saint was called by his disciples overwhelmed emotionally upon hearing verses from the Gita Govinda being sung by a woman.
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One cannot but connect the protest of the Vaishnavite seers without also reflecting on the changing trajectory of the Tibetan resistance.
Voices We Do Not Hear Shantanud 2008
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Before the peaceful Vaishnavite movement takes that route, we should take cognizance of a voice that we seem not to hear.
Voices We Do Not Hear Shantanud 2008
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Hindu reformers and founders of the Vaishnavite sects.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Tiruvalluvar, an old and illustrious Tamil author who belonged to the down-trodden class, and of Peyalvar, an eminent Vaishnavite saint and writer; it was here that a company of Saivaite saints, Appar and his fellows, assembled together and wrote their well-known hymns; and it was here also that Mastan, a renowned Mohammedan scholar, lived and wrote and died.
The Story of Madras Glyn Barlow
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In India, there is the existence, within and alongside the austere worship of the unconditioned Brahma, of the ardent personal Vaishnavite devotion to the heart's Lord, known as
The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day Evelyn Underhill 1908
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The history of the Brahmo Samaj is of great interest, because it was the first attempt at the reform and purification of Hinduism made under the influence of Christianity, the long line of Vaishnavite reformers who strove to abrogate Hindu polytheism and the deadening restrictions of caste, having probably been inspired by the contemplation of
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Manbhaos are stated to be a Vaishnavite order founded in Berar some two centuries ago.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Das, a Chamar disciple of the great liberal and Vaishnavite reformer
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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And this is the more remarkable since the worship of Krishna is distinctly a part of the Vaishnavite cult of Hinduism, and as such does not appeal to the Saivites, or the worshippers of Siva.
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