Haribhakti: 4 definitions

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Haribhakti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Haribhakti (हरिभक्ति) refers to “devotion to Hari”, as discussed in the third chapter [second book] of the Jñānāmṛtasārasaṃhita: a Pāñcarātra text representing a sectarian glorification of Kṛṣṇa and Rādha (i.e., the cult of Radha-Krishna) dated among the latest of the Saṃhitā-type works.—Description of the chapter [haribhakti-jñāna-nirūpaṇa]: Nārada asks Mahādeva more about devotion that is coupled with knowledge, so that he might know better how to love the Lord. Śiva protests that what he asks is very difficult to outline, and proceeds then to praise Kṛṣṇa as the superlative of a number of qualities, activities and powers (1-17). [...]

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Haribhakti (हरिभक्ति) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a work, quoted by Raghunandana in Āhnikatattva.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Haribhakti (हरिभक्ति):—[=hari-bhakti] [from hari] f. the worship of Viṣṇu, [Catalogue(s)]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

Haribhakti in German

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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.

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