Parasara Bhattar

Parasara Bhattar

Parasara Bhattar was a follower of Ramanuja, a 12th century Vaishnava teacher, and has written a commentary on Vishnu sahasranama from a Srivaishnavite viewpoint, in contrast to the Advaita view of Adi Sankara. He was appointed as the head of Shri Vaishnavites (handed over Sri Vaishnava Sri) by Ramanuja himself to succeed him.

Official websites: http://www.parasarabhattar.com & http://www.parasarabhattar.org


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Vishnu sahasranama — The Vishnu sahasranāma (literally: the thousand names of Vishnu ) is a list of 1,000 names for Vishnu, one of the main forms of God in Hinduism and the personal supreme God for Vaishnavas (followers of Vishnu). It is also one of the most sacred… …   Wikipedia

  • Ranganayaki — For the Kannada film, see Ranganayaki (film) Ranganayaki, is the presiding Goddess of Ranganatha Swamy temple at Srirangam. Affectionately called ThAyAr ( Holy Mother in Tamil), she is the consort of Lord Ranganatha, the male deity of Srirangam.… …   Wikipedia

  • Вишну-сахасранама — Статья по тематике Литература индуизма Веды Риг · Яджур …   Википедия

  • Nila Devi — or Neela Devi is the third consort of Lord Vishnu, the other two being Sri Devi and Bhu Devi. In Paramapadam (Sri Vaikuntham) Sri Devi is seated to the right of the Lord, and Bhu Devi and Nila Devi to His left. The Veda sings the glory of Goddess …   Wikipedia

  • Sharabha — Shiva as Sharabha subduing Narasimha (Lord Vishnu), panel view from Munneswaram temple in Sri Lanka. Devanagari शरभ Sanskrit Transliteration …   Wikipedia

  • Parashara — IAST|Parāśara crusher, destroyer is the name of several figures in Hindu tradition: *a son of Vasishtha, or a son of Shakti and grandson of Vasishtha, according to the Mahabharata the father of Vyasa, and recorded as the author of RV 1.65 73 and… …   Wikipedia

  • Hindu denominations — An article related to Hinduism …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”