Vishnuism

American  

[vish-noo-iz-uhm] / ˈvɪʃ nuˌɪz əm /

noun

1. a less common variant of Vaishnavism.

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Vishnuism

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

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

In Çivaism, in contradistinction to Vishnuism, there is not a trace of the euhemerism which has been suspected in the Krishna-Vishnu cult.

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

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

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

In speaking of the relative antiquity of Vishnuism and Çivaism one must distinguish the pantheistic form of these gods from the single forms.

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

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

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