Krishnanandi, Kṛṣṇānandī, Krishna-anandi: 1 definition

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Krishnanandi 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.

The Sanskrit term Kṛṣṇānandī can be transliterated into English as Krsnanandi or Krishnanandi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

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Source: archive.org: A History of Indian Philosophy (vaishnavism)

Kṛṣṇānandī (कृष्णानन्दी) is the name of a commentary on the Sāhityakaumudī: one of the works of Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa.—Baladeva was Vaiśya by caste and born in a village near Remuna in the Balesvar subdivision of Orissa; he was a pupil of vairāgī Pītāmvara Dāsa, and was generally known as Govinda Dāga. He was the disciple of a Kanouj Brahmin, Rādhā Dāmodara Dāsa, the author of Vedānta-Syamantaka. [...] He is known to have written at least the following fourteen works [e.g., Sāhityakaumudī and its commentary, Kṛṣṇānandī].

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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’).

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