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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: academia.edu: Dvādaśa-mūrti in Tamil Tradition

Kulacēkaraṉ (குலசேகரன்) refers to one of the twelve Āḻvār saints of Tamil Nadu (India), according to the Āṟāyirappati-Kuruparamparāprapāvam (pp. 8-101).

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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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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kulacēkaraṉ (குலசேகரன்) [kula-cēkaraṉ] noun < idem. +.

1. Illustrious person of a family; குலசிரேஷ்டன். [kulasireshdan.]

2. See குலசேகரப்பெருமாள். சேரன் குலசேகரன் முடிவேந்தர் சிகாமணியே (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் பெருமாள். தனியன்). [kulasegarapperumal. seran kulasegaran mudiventhar sigamaniye (nalayira thivyappirapandam perumal. thaniyan).]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Cekaran, Kula.

Starts with: Kula-cekaranpati.

Ends with: Apaya-kulacekaran.

Full-text: Apaya-kulacekaran, Kula-cekaranpati, Naruntokai, Itavu.

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Antiquity of the divyakṣetras in Pāṇḍināḍu < [Volume 73 (2012)]

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