BHAKTI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana; open to all persons independent of caste or sex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bhakti" is a kind of...):

devotion ((usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently))

Domain category:

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)

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