According to the Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati ceremony of diksha in Gaudiya Vaisnavism, also called initiation, is that " by which the spiritual preceptor admits one to the status of a neophyte on the path of spiritual endeavor ."
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Such an idol of goddess is found in the Marathi " " furnishes an exhaustive account of the conflict between the followers of the Vaisnavism ( sect of Vishnu worshippers ) and Shaivism ( Shiva followers ) in Goa.
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:Growth of Vaisnavism .-Vaisnavism as known from inscriptions .-Vaisnavism in South Kosala .-Vaisnavism as known from coins .-Visnu temples .-Visnu icons .-Vaisnavite literature . Vaisnavite saints in Orissa .-Conclusion.
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:Growth of Vaisnavism .-Vaisnavism as known from inscriptions .-Vaisnavism in South Kosala .-Vaisnavism as known from coins .-Visnu temples .-Visnu icons .-Vaisnavite literature . Vaisnavite saints in Orissa .-Conclusion.
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:Growth of Vaisnavism .-Vaisnavism as known from inscriptions .-Vaisnavism in South Kosala .-Vaisnavism as known from coins .-Visnu temples .-Visnu icons .-Vaisnavite literature . Vaisnavite saints in Orissa .-Conclusion.
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:Growth of Vaisnavism .-Vaisnavism as known from inscriptions .-Vaisnavism in South Kosala .-Vaisnavism as known from coins .-Visnu temples .-Visnu icons .-Vaisnavite literature . Vaisnavite saints in Orissa .-Conclusion.
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This was one of Narottama dasa Thakura's main preaching points that a Vaishnava is not a mllecha, nor yavana, nor Brahmin, nor sudra, etc . Vaisnavism should only be gauged according to one's surrender and realization in Krishna consciousness.
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Lets look for a replacement from other reliable source . as for example Gavin Flood also is using merging as " In its early stages, Vaisnavism represents the merging of the religions of a number of different social groupings from both north and south India . " He clearly states that Vishnu become'fused'with other, originally independent deities.
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VII : Toward an Understanding of Vaisnavism . PART TWO : The Translation of the " Caitanya Caritamrta " . PART THREE : " Glossaries " : Glossary . Names and Epithets of Krsna . Personae . " Bibliographies " : I . Biographies of Krsna Caitanya : Texts and Translations ( Sanskrit, Bengali ).
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Claude Markovits, a French historian of colonial India, writes that Hindu society in north and west India ( Sindh ), in late 18th century and much of 19th century, lacked a proper caste system, their religious identities were fluid ( a combination of Saivism, Vaisnavism, Sikhism ), and the Brahmins were not the widespread priestly group ( but the " Bawas " were ).
