Celibate Ascetics (Vairagi) Explained

Group:	Vairagi
Popplace:	India
Rels:	Hinduism

Vairagi is a Hindu Sect who follow Vaishnavism. Celibate Ascetics of Vaishnav Sampradaya are called Vairagi or Bairagi.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

History

The Vairagi term was first adopted by vaishnavas of Ramanandi Sampradaya.^{[5] [6]} Later, it became the identity of followers of all four Vaishnava sampradayas.^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/515896/sadhu-and-swami Brian Duignan, Sadhu and swami, Encyclopædia Britannica
2. Richard Burghart, Wandering Ascetics of the Rāmānandī Sect, p.374, History of ReligionsVol. 22, No. 4, Devotional Religion in India (May, 1983), The University of Chicago Press
3. Gerald James Larson (1995), India's Agony Over Religion, State University of New York Press,, page 116
4. Ramdas Lamb (2008), Theory and Practice of Yoga (Editor: Knut A Jacobsen), Motilal Banarsidass,, pages 317-330
5. Gerald James Larson (1995), India's Agony Over Religion, State University of New York Press,, page 116
6. Ramdas Lamb (2008), Theory and Practice of Yoga (Editor: Knut A Jacobsen), Motilal Banarsidass,, pages 317-330
7. Book: Miśra, Bholānātha. Hindī santa-sāhitya meṃ pratibimbita samāja, saṃvat 1400 se 1700 Vi. 1981. Sāhityavāṇī. 140. hi.