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Vaikhanasa Mantra Prasna V-VIII (Daivikacatustayam)

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The Vaikhanasas are mentioned in many Vedic texts, and they maintain a close affiliation with the Taittirīya school of the Krsna Yajur Veda. Yet they are Vaisnavas, monotheistic worshipers of Visnu. Generally, Vaiṣnavism is held to be a post-Vedic development. Thus, the Vaikhanasas bridge two key ages in the history of South Asian religion. This text contains many quotations from ancient Vedic literature, and probably some other older original material, as well as architectural and iconographical data of the later first millennium CE. The Vaikhanasas remain relevant today. They are the chief priests (arcakas) in more than half of the Visnu temples in the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka-including the renowned Hindu pilgrimage center Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Country
United States
Date
30 June 2020
Pages
1136
ISBN
9780674245129

The Vaikhanasas are mentioned in many Vedic texts, and they maintain a close affiliation with the Taittirīya school of the Krsna Yajur Veda. Yet they are Vaisnavas, monotheistic worshipers of Visnu. Generally, Vaiṣnavism is held to be a post-Vedic development. Thus, the Vaikhanasas bridge two key ages in the history of South Asian religion. This text contains many quotations from ancient Vedic literature, and probably some other older original material, as well as architectural and iconographical data of the later first millennium CE. The Vaikhanasas remain relevant today. They are the chief priests (arcakas) in more than half of the Visnu temples in the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka-including the renowned Hindu pilgrimage center Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Country
United States
Date
30 June 2020
Pages
1136
ISBN
9780674245129