Ananyabhakti, Ananya-bhakti, Ananyābhakti: 2 definitions
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Ananyabhakti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: Pure Bhakti: Bhagavad-gita (4th edition)Ananyābhakti (अनन्याभक्ति) refers to “exclusive devotion, unmixed with any other desire, in which one’s sole motivation is to please Bhagavān”. (cf. Glossary page from Śrīmad-Bhagavad-Gītā).
Source: Pure Bhakti: Brahma-samhitaAnanyabhakti (अनन्यभक्ति) refers to—Exclusive devotion.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryananyabhakti (अनन्यभक्ति).—f (S) Worship or love exclusively of the one God (or of one God).
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishananyabhakti (अनन्यभक्ति).—f Worship or love exclusi- vely of one God.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
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Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 9.27 < [Chapter 9 - Rāja-guhya-yoga (Yoga through the most Confidential Knowledge)]
Verse 9.31 < [Chapter 9 - Rāja-guhya-yoga (Yoga through the most Confidential Knowledge)]
Verse 10.11 < [Chapter 10 - Vibhūti-yoga (appreciating the opulences of the Supreme Lord)]
A True Servant—A True Master (by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja)
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.161 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.5.146-148 < [Chapter 5 - Lord Nityānanda’s Vyāsa-pūjā Ceremony and His Darśana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form]
Glimpses of History of Sanskrit Literature (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Chapter 28.5 - Introduction to the Vedanta school of Philosophy < [Section 4 - Classical Sanskrit literature]
Mysticism: Its Nature and Function < [July 1965]
Dayalbagh < [January - March 1975]
The Message of “Ramayana” to the < [January – March, 1993]