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Svayam Bhagavan (Sanskrit: स्वयं भगवान्, romanized:
Svayaṁ-Bhāgavan; roughly: "God Itself") is a
Sanskrit concept in Hinduism,
referring to the absolute...
- vidyā (knowledge) of one's true
identity as Atman/Brahman, self-luminous (
svayam prakāśa)
awareness or Witness-consciousness. This
knowledge is acquired...
- sub-traditions, like Krishnaism,
Krishna is
worshipped as the
Supreme God and
Svayam Bhagavan (God Himself).
These sub-traditions
arose in the
context of the...
- traditions—sampradayas
related to Vaishnavism—that
center on the
devotion to
Krishna as
Svayam Bhagavan, Ishvara, Para Brahman, who is the
source of all reality, not simply...
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called Brahman in Hinduism, or,
translated from
Sanskrit terminology,
Svayaṁ-Bhāgavan ("God Itself").
Other minor sects such as
Ganapatya and
Saura focus...
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Krishnaite traditions of Vaishnavism. In Krishnaism,
Krishna is
referred to as
Svayam Bhagavan and
Radha is
illustrated as the
primeval potency of the
three main...
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outside India) as well as one of the
eight most
sacred shrines,
known as
Svayam Vyakta Ksetras, of Vaishnavism. It is also one of the 51
Shakta pithas,...
- as the
complete and
eighth incarnation of Vishnu, or as the
Supreme God (
Svayam Bhagavan) in his own right. As one of the most po****r of all
Hindu deities...
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Venkateswara image of Vishnu.
Svayambhu is a
portmanteau of the
Sanskrit words svayam (स्वयम्)
which means 'self' or 'on its own' and bhū (भू)
which means 'to...
- Krishna, and
their many
divine incarnations as the
supreme forms of God,
Svayam Bhagavan. Most po****rly, this
worship takes the form of
singing Radha and...
