Vishnuite

But as a rule Brahmans, whether of the Sivite or Vishnuite sects, abstain from flesh meat and are averse to the killing of any living thing.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

A religious ascetic, usually of the Vishnuite persuasion.

Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

Properly, a religious mendicant of any Vishnuite sect should be called a Bairagi.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Ramanuj was the first great Vishnuite prophet, and lived in southern

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

-- The general term for members of the Vishnuite religious orders, who formerly as a rule lived by mendicancy.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Both Sivaite and Vishnuite lay great stress on the frequent recital of the numerous names of their respective supreme gods, and to facilitate this piety, each carries with him, often about his neck, a rosary, varying in material and the number of beads according as it is dedicated to Siva or

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

But there is some confusion in its use, for it is applied not only to the supreme being but to a double incarnation of him called Nara-Nârâyaṇa, and images of the pair may still be seen in Vishnuite temples.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

The fact is that a whole class of Sanskrit religious literature is described by the titles Tantra, Âgama and Saṃhitâ, [450] which taken in a wide sense are practically synonymous, though usage is inclined to apply the first specially to Śâktist works, the second to Śivaite and the third to Vishnuite.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

The belief and practice of all Vishnuite sects alike is a modified monotheism, the worship of the Supreme Being under some such name as

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

Though he holds that the whole world is of God, he none the less bids men shun evil and choose the good, and the singular purity of his thoughts and style contrasts strongly with other Vishnuite works.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896