VaikhĀnasas
VAIKHĀNASAS. The chief "priests" (arcakas) in more than half the Viṣṇu temples in the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and parts...
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ViṢṆu
VIṢṆU. In the age of the Ṛgveda, India's oldest religious document (c. 1200–1000 BCE), Viṣṇu must already have been a more importan...
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