The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2052 page)

(Pañj
b
, ‘gradual adopter’). A Sikh who accepts the
Gur
s'
teachings without observing the
five Ks
or taking amrit (as an
amritdh
r
).

 
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(Skt., from
sahaja
). A sect of
Tantrism
preponderant in Bengal, whose practice involved ritual sexual intercourse (
maithuna
). The origins of the sect are in the Sahaja-y
na of the Buddhist
Siddhas
(8th–12th cents. CE).
The Vai
ava Sahajiyas adopted the theology of the Gau
iya Vai
avas who maintained that the soul is both identical with and distinct from
K
a
or R
dh
-K
a. This doctrine is known as unthinkable difference-in-identity (