The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2642 page)
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Vidy
ra
ya
or Madh
v
carya
rayaor Madh
vcarya(14th cent. CE).
Hindu philosopher who expounded the
Advaita
Ved
nta of
a
kara
. His
Pañcada
i
became a basic work of this school.
Hindu philosopher who expounded the
Advaita
Ved
nta ofakara. His
Pañcada
ibecame a basic work of this school.
Vigil
.
.
A night service before a Christian festival.
Vigraha
(Skt., ‘form’). The divine represented in Hinduism through a manifest form. An image is consecrated by
mantras
and other rituals, but does not ‘become’ God: it becomes the mediating vehicle through which the divine becomes real to the worshipper.
mantras
and other rituals, but does not ‘become’ God: it becomes the mediating vehicle through which the divine becomes real to the worshipper.
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