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Vairagi, also spelt Bairagi, is a Hindu sect who follow Vaishnavism. Celibate ascetics of Vaishnav Sampradaya are called Vairagi or Bairagi.[1][2][3][4] The Bairagis were Vaishnavite mendicants who venerated Rama or Krishna.[5]
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The Vairagi term was first adopted by vaishnavas of Ramanandi Sampradaya.[3][need quotation to verify][6][clarification needed] Later, it became the identity of followers of all four Vaishnava sampradayas.[7][need quotation to verify]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Brian Duignan, Sadhu and swami, Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ Richard Burghart, Wandering Ascetics of the Rāmānandī Sect, p.374, History of Religions Vol. 22, No. 4, Devotional Religion in India (May, 1983), The University of Chicago Press
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gerald James Larson (1995), India's Agony Over Religion, State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0791424124, page 116
- ↑ Ramdas Lamb (2008), Theory and Practice of Yoga (Editor: Knut A Jacobsen), Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120832329, pages 317-330
- ↑ Singh, Abha. “SATNAMIS OR SADHS: CHANGING IDENTITY OF THE SATNAMIS OF NARNAUL.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol. 61, 2000, pp. 505–06. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44148127. Accessed 6 May 2026.
- ↑ Ramdas Lamb (2008), Theory and Practice of Yoga (Editor: Knut A Jacobsen), Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120832329, pages 317-330
- ↑ Miśra, Bholānātha (1981). Hindī santa-sāhitya meṃ pratibimbita samāja, saṃvat 1400 se 1700 Vi (in हिन्दी). Sāhityavāṇī. p. 140.