"Vaishnavism" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Sanskrit वैष्णव (vaiṣṇava, “related to Vishnu”) + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|वैष्णव|ism|lang1=sa|t1=related to Vishnu}} Sanskrit वैष्णव (vaiṣṇava, “related to Vishnu”) + -ism Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Vaishnavism
  1. A branch of Hinduism focusing on the worship of Vishnu. Wikipedia link: Vaishnavism Categories (topical): Vaishnavism Synonyms: Vishnuism Related terms: Vaishnavist Translations (a branch of Hinduism focusing on the worship of Vishnu): বৈষ্ণব (bōiśnob) (Bengali), वैष्णव (vaiṣṇav) (Bhojpuri), vixnuisme [masculine] (Catalan), 毗濕奴派 (Chinese Cantonese), 毗湿奴派 (Chinese Cantonese), 毘濕奴派 (Chinese Mandarin), 毗湿奴派 (píshīnúpài) (Chinese Mandarin), Vishnuismus [masculine] (German), वैष्णव (vaiṣṇav) (Hindi), visnuismo [masculine] (Italian), ヴィシュヌ派 (Japanese), ヴァイシュナヴァ (vaishunava) (Japanese), ವೈಷ್ಣವ (vaiṣṇava) (Kannada), 비슈누파 (bisyunupa) (Korean), ໄວສະນົບ (wai sa nop) (Lao), वैष्णव (vaiṣṇav) (Maithili), വൈഷ്ണവമതം (vaiṣṇavamataṁ) (Malayalam), ꯚꯩꯁ꯭ꯅꯚ (bheis͟nabha) (Manipuri), वैष्णव (vaiṣṇav) (Marathi), वैष्णव (vaiṣṇav) (Nepali), वैष्णभ (waiṣṇabha) (Newar), ਵੈਸ਼ਨਵਵਾਦ (vaiśnavavād) (Punjabi), वैष्णव (vaiṣṇava) (Sanskrit), வைணவ (vaiṇava) (Tamil), వైష్ణవము (vaiṣṇavamu) (Telugu), ไวษณพ (Thai), вайшнавізм (vajšnavizm) (Ukrainian), ویشنو (Urdu), ویشنو (veśno) (Western Panjabi), 毘湿奴派 (Wu Chinese)
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      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vaiṇava",
      "sense": "a branch of Hinduism focusing on the worship of Vishnu",
      "word": "வைணவ"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vaiṣṇavamu",
      "sense": "a branch of Hinduism focusing on the worship of Vishnu",
      "word": "వైష్ణవము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a branch of Hinduism focusing on the worship of Vishnu",
      "word": "ไวษณพ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vajšnavizm",
      "sense": "a branch of Hinduism focusing on the worship of Vishnu",
      "word": "вайшнавізм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "a branch of Hinduism focusing on the worship of Vishnu",
      "word": "ویشنو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pnb",
      "lang": "Western Panjabi",
      "roman": "veśno",
      "sense": "a branch of Hinduism focusing on the worship of Vishnu",
      "word": "ویشنو"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Vaishnavism"
}

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