Vishnuism

American  

[vish-noo-iz-uhm] / ˈvɪʃ nuˌɪz əm /

noun

1. a less common variant of Vaishnavism.

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Example Sentences

In their main outlines the histories of Vishnuism and Śivaism are the same.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Though Śivaism can boast of an imposing array of temples, teachers and scriptures in the north as well as in the south, yet Vishnuism was equally strong and after 1000 A.D. perhaps stronger.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

All varieties of Vishnuism show an effort to reconcile these double aspirations and theories.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

For Vishnuism was now merged with Krishnaism, a new vulgar cult, and Çiva was an old and venerated god, long since a member of the Brahmanic pantheon.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn

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 Jastrow, Morris