bhakti

[ buhk-tee ]

/ ˈbʌk ti /

selfless devotion as a means of reaching Brahman. Compare jnana, karma(def 1).

(initial capital letter) a popular religious movement centered around the personal worship of gods, especially Vishnu and Shiva.

Compare Saiva, Vaishnava.

Origin of bhakti

1825–35; < Sanskrit: devotion

bhai, bhajan, bhaji, bhakta, bhaktapur, bhakti, bhakti-marga, bhang, bhangi, bhangra, bharal

The Hindus are well aware that the doctrine of Bhakti spread from the south to the north.

Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3) |Charles Eliot
The Master took no delight in compositions that clashed with the theory of bhakti and lacked the spirit of delight (ras).

Chaitanya's Life And Teachings |Krishna das Kaviraja
Even, strange to say, we find the grossness of bhakti also deliberately embodied in figures of wood and stone.

New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century |John Morrison
In some cases, caste is dropped only during the fit of fervour or bhakti.

New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century |John Morrison

Knowledge dissociated from bhakti cannot give salvation; but a man devoted to Krishna can gain salvation without knowledge.

Chaitanya's Life And Teachings |Krishna das Kaviraja

bhakti

/ (ˈbʌktɪ) /

Hinduism loving devotion to God leading to nirvana

from Sanskrit: portion, from bhajati he allocates