: devotion to a deity constituting a way to salvation in Hinduism
Examples of bhakti in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebBut the selection of works, which includes a 26-foot-long festival banner made around 1800, also brings out some of the dynamics at the core of the bhakti tradition in Hinduism.—Lee Lawrence, WSJ, 16 Feb. 2019 The mood is described as one of bhakti, or devotion.—Marina Harss, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2018 The faith focuses on salvation through total devotion, or bhakti, to God as developed through the virtues (dharma), detachment (vairagaya) and spiritual wisdom (jnana).—Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 4 July 2017
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