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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (v)

Vikhanasa (विखनस) is the name of an ancient Sage and author of the Vaikhānasāgama refers to one of the two divisions of the Vaiṣṇava Āgamas (the other being Pāñcarātra).—Tradition has it that Lord Viṣṇu himself manifested as sage Vikhanasa and authored the Vaikhānasa-āgama. The sage Vikhanasa is also considered to be the mind-born or mānasaputra of lord Viṣṇu. The sage along with other seers like Atri, Marīci, Bhṛgu, and Kaśyapa was responsible for expounding the Vaikhānasa-āgama after deeply digging within himself (khanana) and meditated on the Lord, the ultimate Truth. Vikhanasa is said to have authored the Dharma, Gṛhya and Śrautasūtras also, directly under the guidance of lord Viṣṇu.

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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’).

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Sri Kamakoti Mandali: Hinduism

Sage vikhanasa, the originator of the vaikhānasa stream is said to have taught nine chief disciples:

1. kaśyapa,
2. atri,
3. marīci,
4. vasiṣṭha,
5. aṅgirā,
6. bhṛgu,
7. pulastya,
8. pulaha and
9. kratu.

Of these, the propagators of vaikhānasa śāstra through respective samhitās were only four:

1. atri,
2. bhṛgu,
3. kaśyapa and
4. marīci.

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Vaikhanasa tradition says the sage Vikhanasa, who was a manifestation of Lord Mahavishnu, had the Upanayanam along with Brahma consecrated by His father Lord Mahavishnu and educated under Lord Mahavishnu all the Vedas and Bhagawat Saastra on how to worship Sri Bhagawaan in His Archaavathaara - Iconic Form.

Sri Vikhanasa Maharishi came down to earth's most holy place Naimisaaranyam composed the Vaikhanasa Kalpasutra and taught Sri Vaikhanasa Bhagawat Saastra to his four disciples viz., Atri, Bhrigu, Kashyapa and Marichi, respectively the procedures of Samurtarcana, Amurtarchana, devotional service to Vishnu in images.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vikhānasa (विखानस).—A kind of hermit.

Derivable forms: vikhānasaḥ (विखानसः).

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

Vikhānasa (विखानस):—[=vi-khānasa] [from vi-khan] m. ([probably]) ‘one who digs up ([scilicet] roots)’, Name of a Muni, [Śakuntalā [Scholiast or Commentator]] (cf. vaikhānasa).

[Sanskrit to German]

Vikhanasa 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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Partial matches: Vi, Khanasha.

Full-text: Vaikhanasa, Vaikhanasagama, Vikhanas, Khaṇana, Vaishnavagama.

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