Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s2.6.4
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s2.6.4
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c8.s2.6.4
equalising the Nāma-māhātmya to the merit of other pious acts; giving instruction in the subject to persons devoid of faith, and so forth. Then the section proceeds to lay down that the Vaidhi Bhakti may be ekāṅga, that is, attainable by means of one Aṅga only (e. g. Parikṣit by hearing, Śukadeva by reciting, Arjuna by friendship, Hanūmat by service, Prahlāda by recollection, Bali by self-surrender, etc., as in *Padyāvali* 53), or it may be *anekāṅgā* or attainable by more than one Aṅga (e. g. Ambariṣa).