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10 June 2024 (UTC) Iṣṭa-devatā (Hinduism) → Ishtadevata – As WP:ONEOTHER, the Sanskrit term Ishtadevata (IAST: Iṣṭa-devatā) is primarily used in Hinduism...

Mahayana, and the scope and function of the Dhyani Buddhas as Yidams, or Ishtadevatas as found in Vajrayana Mahayana. Although they appear to be the same,...

suitable for nirmanakaya and neither does it suit for an ishtadevata. Likewise ishtadevata are not really the same as nirmanakaya- as they are meditative...

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human-like traits and/or emotions), preferred or favorite god (as in Ishtadevata), and "incarnated as a person" (like Jesus). This is a big issue that...

everything was the Self, but as a bhakta Arunachala was his beloved, his ishtadevata (chosen deity)... otherwise why all the fuss over that particular hill...

an ishtadevata (a personal form of God), no one could have a mantra from him [Swami Brahmananda Saraswati]. The very meaning of mantra is ishtadevata. Therefore...

4.The concept of Ishtadevata is not unique to smarthas.There are non smarthas,who believe in advaita.Even they follow Ishtadevata system.And there were...

worshipped then, would instruct the initiate accordingly. Without having an ishtadevata (a personal form of God), no one could have a mantra from him.' Guru...

differ according to the goddess chosen as an aspirant's personal deity [ishtadevata]]: "Each Vidya is distinct and distinguishable from the other. Each is...

incorrectly identified as Kali when it is clearly the Buddhist Tantric ishtadevata Kurukulla. Should one find it suitable to include a different (accurately...

daily puja. In Smarta practice, any deity can be substituted as the ishtadevata, so you theoretically could place Shiva as the central deity for devotion...