Celibate Ascetics (Vairagi)

Hindu Celibate ascetics of vaishnavism

This article is about the Celibate Ascetics of the Vaishnava sect. For the Householders of Bairagi caste, see Bairagi Brahmin (caste).

Not to be confused with the Bairagi (raga).

Ethnic group

VairagiRegions with significant populations

India
Religion
Hinduism

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

## History

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The Vairagi term was first adopted by vaishnavas of Ramanandi Sampradaya.[3][need quotation to verify][5][clarification needed] Later, it became the identity of followers of all four Vaishnava sampradayas.[6][need quotation to verify]

## References

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1. ^ Brian Duignan, Sadhu and swami, Encyclopædia Britannica
2. ^ Richard Burghart, Wandering Ascetics of the Rāmānandī Sect, p.374, History of Religions Vol. 22, No. 4, Devotional Religion in India (May, 1983), The University of Chicago Press
3. ^ a b Gerald James Larson (1995), India's Agony Over Religion, State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0791424124, page 116
4. ^ Ramdas Lamb (2008), Theory and Practice of Yoga (Editor: Knut A Jacobsen), Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120832329, pages 317-330
5. ^ Ramdas Lamb (2008), Theory and Practice of Yoga (Editor: Knut A Jacobsen), Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120832329, pages 317-330
6. ^ Miśra, Bholānātha (1981). Hindī santa-sāhitya meṃ pratibimbita samāja, saṃvat 1400 se 1700 Vi (in Hindi). Sāhityavāṇī. p. 140.