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Materials for the Study of the Early History of the Vaishnava Sect c8.3

Materials for the Study of the Early History of the Vaishnava Sect c8.3

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c8.3

¹ The Śāṇḍilyasūtram, 1, 1, 2 defines Bhakti as Parānurakti-rīśvare, intense devotion to the Lord, i.e., to God " conceived of as personal, a Saviour worthy of trust and ready to be gracious " (cf. Hill, The Bhagavad Gītā, p. 50; Mrinal Dasgupta, IHQ, 1930, pp. 315, 322 ff.).