Sri-Vaishnavism

Sri-Vaishnavism
Sri-Vaishnavite, n., adj.
/shree'vuysh"neuh viz'euhm/, n.
a Hindu sect advocating theistic devotion as a philosophically and scripturally valid way to achieve salvation.

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