Their origin can be traced to Râmânand but they cannot be called Vaishṇavas and they are clearly distinguished from all the religious bodies that we have hitherto passed in review.
Neither the Śrî Vaishṇavas nor the Mâdhvas are numerous in northern India.
With the Vaishṇavas it is an article of faith nor do the worshippers of Śiva usually propitiate him with animal sacrifices, though these are offered by the Śâktas and also by the small class of Brahmans who still preserve the Vedic ritual.
For some rather elaborate studies in the history of the Śrî-Vaishṇavas see V.
The Śrî Vaishṇavas attach great importance to this chapter.
The obvious meaning of these texts is not that required by his system, but they are recognized by all Vaishṇavas as the three Prasthânas or starting-points of philosophy and he had to show that they supported his views.
It is therefore unnecessary to seek any special explanation in India but perhaps there is some connection between the religious ecstasies of Vaishṇavas and Dervishes.
In the evolutionary process the Vaishṇavas interpolate between the Supreme Spirit and the phenomenal world the phases of conditioned spirit known as Saṅkarshaṇa, etc.
The main ideas of the Vaishṇavas are human and emotional.
But though tantrists did not go about robbing and murdering so freely as their principles allowed, there is some evidence that in the period of decadence the morality of the Bhikshus had fallen into great discredit.
He had entered into the service of the East India company as a writer, and Avas considered as a person very indifferently qualified for succeeding in any civil station of life.
Vaishṇavas tell the same tale, and find a short road to salvation by surrendering their souls to him.
Then we have Him as friend, the human friend, especially of the Pâṇḍavas and of Arjuna.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "avas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
