Vishnuism
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By his side in this later time stands his rival Çiva, the chief figure in a sect or system which shared with Vishnuism the devotion of the later Hindus.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
Vishnuism appears to have finally centered in Budhism.
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
The first apostle of Vishnuism was Śaṅkar Deb in the sixteenth century.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
A limiting date to the antiquity of Śivaism and Vishnuism, as their cults may be called, is furnished by Buddhist literature, at any rate for north-eastern India.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
Perhaps Śivaism was dominant first and Vishnuism somewhat later but at no epoch did either extinguish the other.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
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