Vaishya Hindu Saints
Vaishya Hindu saints
By Himanshu Bhatt
As in the early Vedic times castes didn't exist, there were some pious people mentioned as 'Vaiśya' that had attained Brāhmanhood. For example, Nābha and his children were Ṛṣis that contributed to the Ṛgveda.
List of prominent saints
Name
Ethnicity
Caste
Sect
Compositions
Other significance
Abhayakara Gupta
Hindi
Kāyastha
Vaiṣnava(Gaudiya)
Bengali
Kāyastha
Vaiṣnava(Gaudiya)
He established the Hare Krishna sect which has attracted
followers worldwide, without much need for encouraging converts.
Tamil
Śaiva
He is one of the 63 Nayanar saints.
Gujarati
Śaiva
Tamil
Vellalar
Śaiva
He is one of the 63 Nayanar saints.
Bhagwan Goswami
Hindi
Ahir
Vaiṣnava (devotee of Kabirpanthi)
He was a disciple of Kabir.
Bodhala Bawa
Marathi
Vaiṣnava (devotee of Vitthal)
Charan Das
Hindi
Vaiṣnava
He established the sect known as Charandasi.
Chekizhar
Tamil
Vellalar
Śaiva
He was a rich merchant.
Churaman
Hindi
Vaiṣnava (Kabirpanthi)
He was the son of Dharamdas. He spread Kabirpanthi Vaishnavism
throughout Central India.
Ahomi
He was a disciple of Śankaradeva and preached the
Ekasarana Dharma throughout Assam.
Dharamdas
Hindi
Vaiṣnava (Kabirpanthi)
Disciple of Kabir
Dharnidas
Hindi
Kāyastha
Vaiṣnava (Dharnishwari)
He founded the Dharnishwari sect.
Gadadhara
Pandita (also Gadadhar Das)
Bengali
Vaiṣnava (Gaudiya)
He was a disciple of Chaitanya and
preached his message.
Gyaniji (also Jananiji)
Tamil
Śaiva
He is one of the 63 Nayanar saints.
Jaydev
Tamil
Śaiva
He is one of the 63 Nayanar saints.
Tamil
Vaiṣnava
He founded the Oneness University.
Tamil
Śaiva
She is one of the 63 Nayanar saints.
Gujarati
Kapol
He was a social reformer and received much support.
Kasiram Das
Bengali
Kāyastha
Vaiṣnava
Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Babaji Maharaja (also Batakṛṣṇa
Kanango or Siddha Baba of Govardhana.)
Oriya
Karana
Vaiṣnava (Gaudiya)
He was a disciple of Srila Prabhupada.
Kṛṣṇadas
Keshav Chandra Sen
Bengali
Vaidya
Brahmo Samaji
Kotpuliyar Nayanar
Tamil
Śaiva
Lala Bhagat (also Lalaji Maharaj)
Lekhraj Khubchand Kripalani (also Dada
Lekhraj or BrahmaBaba)
Sindhi
Bhaiband
Śaiva (BrahmaKumari)
He founded the Brahma Kumari organization, which has followers
worldwide.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (also Mahesh Prasad
Varma)
Hindi
Kāyastha
Transcendental Meditation
Some of his disciples were The Beatles, The Beach Boys,
and Ravi Shankar.
Manakkanychaara Nayanar
Tamil
Śaiva
Kutchi
Ahir
Śaiva
Had several disciples of different castes, including
Mayagarji, Mata Lirbai, Kandha Ahir, Vigha Ahir, Kanthad Suthar, Saraswat
Brahmin Premji Ganpat, Sadhu Surdasji, Thakor Mokaji, Jada Khiyaranji Loria,
Kadia Kanji, Prema bai
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Gujarati
Vaiṣnava
He laid the foundation for freedom movements in the 20th
century, which several prominent freedom fighters have followed and have
achieved their goals of democracy and equality.
Muldas[1]
Gujarati
Vaiṣnava
Murti Nayanar
Tamil
Śaiva
Narottama Dasa Thakura
(also Thakura Mahasaya)
Bengali
Kāyastha
Vaiṣnava (Gaudiya)
Padmanav
Paltu Sahib Das
Hindi
Vaiṣnava
Paltu Sahib Ki Bani.
Pattinathar
Tamil
Śaiva
He was a wealthy merchant.
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (also Shri Anandamurti
or Baba)
Bengali
Śaiva (AnandaMargi)
He founded the Ananda Marga, which is a worldwide
organization renouned for its spiritual thinking and for teaching yoga.
Raghunath Das (also Dasa Goswami)
Bengali
Kāyastha
Vaiṣnava (Gaudiya)
He was a disciple of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Ram Prasad Sen
Bengali
Vaidya
Ravi Saheb[2]
Gujarati
Vaiṣnava
Rupanarayan Ghosh
Bengali
Saakkiya Nayanar
Tamil
Śaiva
Sadhu T. L. Vaswani
Sindhi
Saththi Nayanar
Tamil
Śaiva
Srikhanda
Vadya
Sundardasji
He was the son of Churaman Das and disciple of Dharam Das. He
became leader of the kuti (institute) of Ratanpur.
Thayumanavar
Tamil
Vallalar
Śaiva
He was a renowned poet.
Tirunavukkarasar (also Appar)
Tamil
Trilochan
Hindi
Vaayilaar
Tamil
Viranminda Nayanar
Tamil
Śaiva
By Himanshu Bhatt
As in the early Vedic times castes didn't exist, there were some pious people mentioned as 'Vaiśya' that had attained Brāhmanhood. For example, Nābha and his children were Ṛṣis that contributed to the Ṛgveda.
List of prominent saints
|
Name
|
Ethnicity
|
Caste
|
Sect
|
Compositions
|
Other significance
|
|
Abhayakara Gupta
|
Hindi
|
Kāyastha
|
Vaiṣnava(Gaudiya)
|
||
|
Bengali
|
Kāyastha
|
Vaiṣnava(Gaudiya)
|
He established the Hare Krishna sect which has attracted
followers worldwide, without much need for encouraging converts.
|
||
|
Tamil
|
Śaiva
|
He is one of the 63 Nayanar saints.
|
|||
|
Gujarati
|
Śaiva
|
||||
|
Tamil
|
Vellalar
|
Śaiva
|
He is one of the 63 Nayanar saints.
|
||
|
Bhagwan Goswami
|
Hindi
|
Ahir
|
Vaiṣnava (devotee of Kabirpanthi)
|
He was a disciple of Kabir.
|
|
|
Bodhala Bawa
|
Marathi
|
Vaiṣnava (devotee of Vitthal)
|
|||
|
Charan Das
|
Hindi
|
Vaiṣnava
|
He established the sect known as Charandasi.
|
||
|
Chekizhar
|
Tamil
|
Vellalar
|
Śaiva
|
He was a rich merchant.
|
|
|
Churaman
|
Hindi
|
Vaiṣnava (Kabirpanthi)
|
He was the son of Dharamdas. He spread Kabirpanthi Vaishnavism
throughout Central India.
|
||
|
Ahomi
|
He was a disciple of Śankaradeva and preached the
Ekasarana Dharma throughout Assam.
|
||||
|
Dharamdas
|
Hindi
|
Vaiṣnava (Kabirpanthi)
|
Disciple of Kabir
|
||
|
Dharnidas
|
Hindi
|
Kāyastha
|
Vaiṣnava (Dharnishwari)
|
He founded the Dharnishwari sect.
|
|
|
Gadadhara
Pandita (also Gadadhar Das)
|
Bengali
|
Vaiṣnava (Gaudiya)
|
He was a disciple of Chaitanya and
preached his message.
|
||
|
Gyaniji (also Jananiji)
|
|||||
|
Tamil
|
Śaiva
|
He is one of the 63 Nayanar saints.
|
|||
|
Jaydev
|
|||||
|
Tamil
|
Śaiva
|
He is one of the 63 Nayanar saints.
|
|||
|
Tamil
|
Vaiṣnava
|
He founded the Oneness University.
|
|||
|
Tamil
|
Śaiva
|
She is one of the 63 Nayanar saints.
|
|||
|
Gujarati
|
Kapol
|
He was a social reformer and received much support.
|
|||
|
Kasiram Das
|
Bengali
|
Kāyastha
|
Vaiṣnava
|
||
|
Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Babaji Maharaja (also Batakṛṣṇa
Kanango or Siddha Baba of Govardhana.)
|
Oriya
|
Karana
|
Vaiṣnava (Gaudiya)
|
He was a disciple of Srila Prabhupada.
|
|
|
Kṛṣṇadas
|
|||||
|
Keshav Chandra Sen
|
Bengali
|
Vaidya
|
Brahmo Samaji
|
||
|
Kotpuliyar Nayanar
|
Tamil
|
Śaiva
|
|||
|
Lala Bhagat (also Lalaji Maharaj)
|
|||||
|
Lekhraj Khubchand Kripalani (also Dada
Lekhraj or BrahmaBaba)
|
Sindhi
|
Bhaiband
|
Śaiva (BrahmaKumari)
|
He founded the Brahma Kumari organization, which has followers
worldwide.
|
|
|
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (also Mahesh Prasad
Varma)
|
Hindi
|
Kāyastha
|
Transcendental Meditation
|
Some of his disciples were The Beatles, The Beach Boys,
and Ravi Shankar.
|
|
|
Manakkanychaara Nayanar
|
Tamil
|
Śaiva
|
|||
|
Kutchi
|
Ahir
|
Śaiva
|
Had several disciples of different castes, including
Mayagarji, Mata Lirbai, Kandha Ahir, Vigha Ahir, Kanthad Suthar, Saraswat
Brahmin Premji Ganpat, Sadhu Surdasji, Thakor Mokaji, Jada Khiyaranji Loria,
Kadia Kanji, Prema bai
|
||
|
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
|
Gujarati
|
Vaiṣnava
|
He laid the foundation for freedom movements in the 20th
century, which several prominent freedom fighters have followed and have
achieved their goals of democracy and equality.
|
||
|
Muldas[1]
|
Gujarati
|
Vaiṣnava
|
|||
|
Murti Nayanar
|
Tamil
|
Śaiva
|
|||
|
Narottama Dasa Thakura
(also Thakura Mahasaya)
|
Bengali
|
Kāyastha
|
Vaiṣnava (Gaudiya)
|
||
|
Padmanav
|
|||||
|
Paltu Sahib Das
|
Hindi
|
Vaiṣnava
|
Paltu Sahib Ki Bani.
|
||
|
Pattinathar
|
Tamil
|
Śaiva
|
He was a wealthy merchant.
|
||
|
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (also Shri Anandamurti
or Baba)
|
Bengali
|
Śaiva (AnandaMargi)
|
He founded the Ananda Marga, which is a worldwide
organization renouned for its spiritual thinking and for teaching yoga.
|
||
|
Raghunath Das (also Dasa Goswami)
|
Bengali
|
Kāyastha
|
Vaiṣnava (Gaudiya)
|
He was a disciple of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
|
|
|
Ram Prasad Sen
|
Bengali
|
Vaidya
|
|||
|
Ravi Saheb[2]
|
Gujarati
|
Vaiṣnava
|
|||
|
Rupanarayan Ghosh
|
Bengali
|
||||
|
Saakkiya Nayanar
|
Tamil
|
Śaiva
|
|||
|
Sadhu T. L. Vaswani
|
Sindhi
|
||||
|
Saththi Nayanar
|
Tamil
|
Śaiva
|
|||
|
Srikhanda
|
Vadya
|
||||
|
Sundardasji
|
He was the son of Churaman Das and disciple of Dharam Das. He
became leader of the kuti (institute) of Ratanpur.
|
||||
|
Thayumanavar
|
Tamil
|
Vallalar
|
Śaiva
|
He was a renowned poet.
|
|
|
Tirunavukkarasar (also Appar)
|
Tamil
|
||||
|
Trilochan
|
Hindi
|
||||
|
Vaayilaar
|
Tamil
|
||||
|
Viranminda Nayanar
|
Tamil
|
Śaiva
|
|
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