vallabhism

Updated: May 7, 2025

The worship of Râdhâ is a late phase of Vishnuism and is not known even to the Bhâgavata Purâṇa. Vallabhism owes much of its success to the family of the founder. They had evidently a strong dynastic sentiment as well as a love of missionary conquest a powerful combination.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2