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Bhakti

noun
1.
(Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana; open to all persons independent of caste or sex.





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... anointing or ornamenting of stones and offerings of food in sacred places. In this class too we may reckon the sacrifice of goats (and formerly of human beings) to Kali.[416] But on the other hand the growing idea of Bhakti, that is faith or devotion, imported a sentimental element and the worshipper endeavoured to pet, caress and ...
— Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3) - An Historical Sketch • Charles Eliot


Words linked to "Bhakti" :   devotion, Hindooism, Hinduism


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