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Viṣṇusvāmin
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c. 1400
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Hinduism
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Vishnusvamin, in Hinduism, a Vaishnavite sampradaya (spiritual tradition tracing its lineage to a mythic or divine figure) founded probably in the early 15th century by Vishnusvamin, a South Indian religious figure who taught chiefly in Gujarat state. His system, also called Rudra-sampradaya (“tradition taught by Rudra,” a name for the god Shiva), was similar to the dualism taught by Madhva, 13th-century founder of the Dvaita (dualist) school of Vedanta theology. Unlike the latter, however, Vishnusvamin acknowledged Radha, the consort of the god Krishna. The sect enjoyed wide popularity for two centuries but later was almost completely absorbed by the Vallabhacarya sect.

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