Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Hindus c5.30

c5.30

The Vaik'hánasas appear to have been but little different from the Vaishnavas especially so called; at least ANANDA GIRI has not particularised the difference ; they worshipped NA'RA'YANA as supreme god, and wore his marks. The Karma hínas abstained, as the name implies, from all ritual observances, and professed to know Vishnu as the sole source and sum of the universe, सर्वं विष्णुमयं जगत् । they can scarcely be considered as an existent sect, though a few individuals of the Rámánujíya and Rámánandi Vaishnavas may profess the leading doctrines.