Simantadvipa, 厂墨尘补苍迟补诲惫墨辫补, Simanta-dvipa: 2 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Prabhupada Books: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta厂墨尘补苍迟补诲惫墨辫补 (啶膏啶え啷嵿い啶︵啶掂啶�) refers to one of the Navadv墨pa (鈥渘ine islands鈥�), according to the 艢r墨 Caitanya Carit膩m峁泃a.鈥擳hese nine islands, which occupy an area of land estimated at thirty-two square miles, are surrounded by different branches of the Ganges. In all nine of those islands of the Navadv墨pa area there are different places for cultivating devotional service. It is stated in 艢r墨mad-Bh膩gavatam (7.5.23) that there are nava-vidha bhakti, nine different activities of devotional service. There are different islands in the Navadv墨pa area [e.g., 厂墨尘补苍迟补诲惫墨辫补] for cultivation of these nine varieties of devotional service.
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism厂墨尘补苍迟补诲惫墨辫补 (啶膏啶え啷嵿い啶︵啶掂啶�) is the name name for one of the nine islands in the Navadv墨pa area. According to Navadv墨pa-dh膩ma-m膩h膩tmya (辫补谤颈办谤补尘腻-办丑补峁囜笉补 6.41): 鈥淎ll great saintly personalities say that 厂墨尘补苍迟补诲惫墨辫补 is situated on the southern bank of the Ga峁単膩, on the border of Navadv墨pa.鈥�
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati D膩sa)
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Sri Krishna-Chaitanya (by Nisikanta Sanyal)
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