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The Conception of Bhakti in the Gaudiya Vaisnva Philosophy
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About the Author
The author, Dr. Santosh Gupta, M.A. Ph.D (H.E.S.I) is a former principal of Govt. collage, Hodal. Bron and brought up at Babyal (Ambala), She belongs to a respectable and devout aggarwal family. She has a very brilliant career to her credit and has a teaching and administrative experience of 31 years. She graduated with honours in Sanskrit in 1959 from S.D. Collage, Ambala Cantt. She passed her M.A. (Sanskrit) with high first division from P.U., Chandigarh. She was awarded the Ph.D. degree by K.U., Kurukshetra in 1973. After retirement in 1996, she is devoting herself to scholarily pursuits and leading pious life at Vrindavan Dham, fully dedicating herself in the service of Lord Shri Krishna and his divine consort Shri Radha Ji.
Introduction
According to ancient tradition there were two parallel currents of religio-philosophical thinking that emanated from the Supreme God-Head and they were known as the Nigama and Agama. The former includes the Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanisads etc. and also the later orthodox schools of Indian philosophy that are based on them heads, (i) the Vaisnava agamas (ii) The Sanskrit agamas, and (iii) The Saiva agamas. Both these currents are said to be anadi, i.e without beginning.
Historically speaking however these currents have datable origin. The Vaisnava current, for instance, is said to have developed from the Bhagavata current the latter being in existence in forth century B.C. Dr. R.G. Bhandarakar in his book, Vaisnavism, Saivism and minor Religious system, has referred to certain literary and archaeological evidences to show that the worshippers of Vasudeva, who were called Bhagavatas, existed about three or four century before Christ. The Narayaniya-section of Mahabharata gives detailed d
About the Author
The author, Dr. Santosh Gupta, M.A. Ph.D (H.E.S.I) is a former principal of Govt. collage, Hodal. Bron and brought up at Babyal (Ambala), She belongs to a respectable and devout aggarwal family. She has a very brilliant career to her credit and has a teaching and administrative experience of 31 years. She graduated with honours in Sanskrit in 1959 from S.D. Collage, Ambala Cantt. She passed her M.A. (Sanskrit) with high first division from P.U., Chandigarh. She was awarded the Ph.D. degree by K.U., Kurukshetra in 1973. After retirement in 1996, she is devoting herself to scholarily pursuits and leading pious life at Vrindavan Dham, fully dedicating herself in the service of Lord Shri Krishna and his divine consort Shri Radha Ji.
Introduction
According to ancient tradition there were two parallel currents of religio-philosophical thinking that emanated from the Supreme God-Head and they were known as the Nigama and Agama. The former includes the Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanisads etc. and also the later orthodox schools of Indian philosophy that are based on them heads, (i) the Vaisnava agamas (ii) The Sanskrit agamas, and (iii) The Saiva agamas. Both these currents are said to be anadi, i.e without beginning.
Historically speaking however these currents have datable origin. The Vaisnava current, for instance, is said to have developed from the Bhagavata current the latter being in existence in forth century B.C. Dr. R.G. Bhandarakar in his book, Vaisnavism, Saivism and minor Religious system, has referred to certain literary and archaeological evidences to show that the worshippers of Vasudeva, who were called Bhagavatas, existed about three or four century before Christ. The Narayaniya-section of Mahabharata gives detailed d
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Published April 1, 2018
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