Celibate Ascetics (Vairagi)
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Vairagi is a Hindu Sect who follow Vaishnavism. Celibate Ascetics of Vaishnav Sampradaya are called Vairagi or Bairagi.[1][2][3][4]
History[edit]
The Vairagi term was first adopted by vaishnavas of Ramanandi Sampradaya.[3][need quotation to verify][5][clarification needed] Later, it became the identity of followers of all four Vaishnava sampradayas.[6][need quotation to verify]
References[edit]
- ^ Brian Duignan, Sadhu and swami, Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Richard Burghart, Wandering Ascetics of the Rāmānandī Sect, p.374, History of Religions Vol. 22, No. 4, Devotional Religion in India (May, 1983), The University of Chicago Press
- ^ a b Gerald James Larson (1995), India's Agony Over Religion, State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0791424124, page 116
- ^ Ramdas Lamb (2008), Theory and Practice of Yoga (Editor: Knut A Jacobsen), Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120832329, pages 317-330
- ^ Ramdas Lamb (2008), Theory and Practice of Yoga (Editor: Knut A Jacobsen), Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120832329, pages 317-330
- ^ Miśra, Bholānātha (1981). Hindī santa-sāhitya meṃ pratibimbita samāja, saṃvat 1400 se 1700 Vi (in Hindi). Sāhityavāṇī. p. 140.