Vallabhacarya, Vallabhācārya, Vallabha-acarya: 7 definitions

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In Hinduism
1. Natyashastra
2. Pancaratra
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Vallabhacarya 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Vallabhacharya.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study (kavya)

Vallabhācārya (वल्लभाचार्य) or Vallabhācāryacarita is the name of a Carita-Kāvya type of Mahākāvya (‘epic poem’).—These carita-kāvyas play an important role in the field of Sanskrit language as biography is a significant sector of any literature. They mainly form a part of biographical literature. [...] The Vallabhācārya-carita was written by Shripad Shastri Hasoorkar.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Vallabhācārya (वल्लभाचार्य) is mentioned as a Teacher of Vaiṣṇavism, according to chapter 15 of the (fourth part of the) Śāṇḍilyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 3600 Sanskrit verses dealing with devotion towards Kṛṣṇa who is identified with the Supreme, as well as ethical behavior and pious practices to be observed by devotees (bhaktas).—Description of the chapter [bhaviṣyadācārya-nirūpaṇa]: A more detailed prediction is made concerning the (tempting) avatāras God will take as Buddha (1-8). [...] For the further comfort and instruction and protection of his devotees, Viṣṇu Himself will descend and establish a bhāgavata school [sṛṣṭi] in which Vallabhācārya (43) will flourish and attract many disciples (32-46).

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vallabhācārya (वल्लभाचार्य).—Name of the celebrated founder of a Vaisnava sect.

Derivable forms: vallabhācāryaḥ (वल्लभाचार्यः).

Vallabhācārya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vallabha and ācārya (आचार्य).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vallabhācārya (वल्लभाचार्य) or Vallabhācāryya.—m.

(-ryaḥ) Name of the founder of a Vaishnaba sect; he is also a commentator of the Vedanta-sutra.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Vallabhācārya (वल्लभाचार्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—also vallabha or vallabha dīkṣita with the epithet Viśvānara or Agni, was a son of Lakṣmaṇa Bhaṭṭa, elder brother of Rāmacandra, and father of Gopī- nātha and Viṭṭhala. He was the guru of Purushottama (Avatāravādāvalī etc.). He was born in 1478 and died in 1530: Antaḥkaraṇaprabodha and—[commentary]. Ācāryakārikā. Ānandādhikaraṇa. Āryā. Ekāntarahasya. Kṛṣṇāśraya. Catuḥślokibhāgavataṭīkā. Jalabheda. Jaiminisūtrabhāṣya mīm. Tattvadīpa, or, more accurately, Tattvārthadīpa and—[commentary]. Trividhalīlānāmāvalī q. v. Navaratna and—[commentary]. Nibandha. See Bhāgavatatattvadīpa. Nirodhalakṣaṇa and vivṛti. Pattrāvalambana. Padya. Parityāga. Parivṛḍhāṣṭaka. Puruṣottamasahasranāman. Puṣṭipravāhamaryādābheda and—[commentary]. Pūrvamīmāṃsākārikāḥ. Premāmṛta and—[commentary]. Prauḍhacaritanāman. Bālacaritanāman. Bālabodha. Brahmasūtravṛtti (?). P. 13. Brahmasūtrāṇubhāṣya. Bhaktivardhinī and—[commentary]. Bhaktisiddhānta. Bhagavadgītābhāṣya. Bhāgavatatattvadīpa and—[commentary]. Bhāgavatapurāṇaṭīkā Subodhinī. Bhāgavatapurāṇadaśamaskandhānukramaṇikā. Bhāgavatapurāṇapañcamaskandhaṭīkā. Bhāgavatapurāṇaikadaśaskandhārthanirūpaṇakārikā. Bhāgavatasārasamuccaya. Maṅgalavāda. Mathurāmāhātmya. Madhurāṣṭaka. Yamunāṣṭaka. Rājalīlānāman. Vivekadhairyāśraya. Vedastutikārikā. Śraddhāprakaraṇa. Śrutisāra. Saṃnyāsanirṇaya and—[commentary]. Sarvottamastotraṭippaṇa and—[commentary]. Sākṣātpuruṣottamavākya. Siddhāntamuktāvalī. Siddhāntarahasya. Sevāphalastotra and—[commentary]. Svāminyaṣṭaka.

2) Vallabhācārya (वल्लभाचार्य):—son of Lakṣmaṇa Bhaṭṭa: Catuḥślokī. Nandakumārāṣṭaka. Pañcapadī. Prātaḥstava. Maṅgalastotra. Vallabhāṣṭakavivaraṇa. Vṛndāṣṭaka. Ślokapañcaka. Siddhāntavivṛtivivṛti. Siddhāntasaṃgraha.

3) Vallabhācārya (वल्लभाचार्य):—Svamanobodhavākyavivṛti.

4) Vallabhācārya (वल्लभाचार्य):—Nirodhalakṣaṇa. Puṣṭipravāhamaryādābheda. Vidvanmaṇḍana (?). Bd. 723. Śaṅkhacakradhāraṇavidhi. Śrīnāthāṣṭaka. Sarvadharmaprakāśikā. Suviniścita.

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

Vallabhācārya (वल्लभाचार्य):—[from vallabha > vall] m. Name of a celebrated Vaiṣṇava teacher (successor of a less celebrated teacher Viṣṇusvāmin; he was born, it is said, in the forest of Campāraṇya in 1479; at an early age he travelling to propagate his doctrines, and at the court of Kṛṣṇadeva, king of Vijaya-nagara, succeeded so well in his controversies with the Śaivas that the Vaiṣṇavas chose him as their chief; he then went to other parts of India, and finally settled down at Benares, where he composed seventeen works, the most important of which were a commentary on the Vedānta and Mīmāṃsā Sūtras and another on the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, on which last the sect rest their doctrines; he left behind eighty-four disciples, of each of whom some story is told, and these stories are often repeated on festive occasions. He taught a non-ascetical view of religion and deprecated all self-mortification as dishonouring the body which contained a portion of the supreme Spirit. His followers in Bombay and Gujarat, and their leaders, are called Mahā-rājas; they are called the epicureans of India), [Religious Thought and Life in India 134-137]

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