The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2334 page)

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Sr
Pada
(sacred mountain):
r
-Vai
avism
.
Hindu devotion to
Vi
u
with his consort
r
, one of the six major movements devoted to Vi
u. In early sources, there is no mention of
r
as the consort of Vi
u, and indeed it seems clear that there was originally an independent cult of
r
, which was absorbed into the worship of Vi
u. Once the cults were united,

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