Bhaktisutra, Bhaktisūtra, Bhakti-sutra: 4 definitions
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Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (hinduism)Bhaktisūtra (भक्तिसूत्र) (or simply Bhaktimīmāṃsāsūtra) is the name of a text also known as the Śāṇḍilyasūtra.—This text has a commentary known as the Abhinavabhāṣya authored by Bhavadeva (possibly identified with Bhavadevamiśra who also wrote the Yuktabhavadeva, a 17th-century text dealing with Yoga).—In its entry on the commentary called the Abhinavabhāṣya on the Śāṇḍilyasūtra or Bhaktimīmāṃsāsūtra (also called the Śatasūtī or Bhaktisūtra), the NCC (vol. 15, 152) reports that this work is found in the manuscript libraries of the Oriental Institute in Baroda, the Prajñā Pāṭhaśālā Maṇḍala at Wai and the Sampūrṇānanda library in Varanasi. [...]
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumBhaktisūtra (भक्तिसूत्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Śāṇḍilyasūtra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhaktisūtra (भक्तिसूत्र):—[=bhakti-sūtra] [from bhakti > bhaj] n. Name of [work] ([Religious Thought and Life in India 97])
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sutra, Bhakti.
Full-text: Bhaktishata, Shandilyasutra, Bhaktimimamsasutra, Shandilya, Abhinavabhashya.
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Parama Samhita (English translation) (by Krishnaswami Aiyangar)
Pāñcarātra, God-given and not of human origin < [Introduction]
Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study) (by Sadhu Gyanananddas)
10. Bhakti (Devotion-Worship) < [Chapter 4 - Analysis on the Basis of Spiritual Endeavour]
Madhura Bhakti in Devotional Poetry < [Jan. – Mar. 1991 & Apr. – Jun. 1991]
The Silence of the Mystics < [November 1937]
Models of Devotion: St Francis of Assisi & < [January – March, 1996]
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Nayanar 24: Karaikkal Ammeiyar (Ammaiyar) < [Volume 4.1.1 - A comparative study of the Shaivite saints the Thiruthondathogai]
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