Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s2.37
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s2.37
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| Kṛṣṇa as the object (viṣaya) of the emotion | Kṛṣṇa-bhakta as the ground (ādhāra) of the emotion |
| Svarūpa as Kṛṣṇa is in himself | Anya-rūpa as He sometimes appears, e.g. as a boy | Sadhaka who is in the process of attainment | Siddha who has attained |
| Avṛta assuming disguise | Prākṛta undisguised | Samprāpta-siddhi who has attained | Nitya-siddha whose attainment is eternally spontaneous, and who possesses all the 55 and other qualities of the deity; e.g. the Gopas, Laksmana, Samkarṣaṇa etc. |
| His qualities and excellences, as given below. His assistants or Sahāyas in love (Mādhurya), in religion (Dharma), in war (Yuddha) and in counsel (Mantra) | by Sādhanā or effort | by Kṛpā or grace | |