Which of the following sources refers to the worshippers of Vasudeva (Krishna)?
1. Panini’s Ashtadhyayi
2. The Chhandogya Upanishad
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
• A Sutra in Panini’s Ashtadhyayi refers to the worshippers of Vasudeva (Krishna).
• The Chhandogya Upanishad also speaks of Krishna, the son of Devaki, a pupil of the sage Ghora Angirasa, who was a sun-worshipping priest.
• A large number of people worshipped Vasudeva Krishna exclusively as their personal God and they were at first known as Bhagavatas.
• The Vasudeva-Bhagavata cult grew steadily, absorbing within its fold other Vedic and Brahminic divinities, like Vishnu (primarily an aspect of the Sun) and Narayana (a cosmic God).
• From the late Gupta period the name mostly used to designate this Bhakti cult was Vaishnava, indicating the predominance of the Vedic Vishnu element in it with emphasis on the doctrine of incarnations (Avataras).
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The main source of energy in Sun is :
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