Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Bhakti Sufi Traditions

Question:

Historians of religion often classify Bhakti traditions into two broad categories, which are:

Options:

Vedic and Tantric

Saguna and Nirguna

Virashaivas and Lingayats

Alvars and Nayanars

Correct Answer:

Saguna and Nirguna

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Saguna and Nirguna

Historians of religion often classify Bhakti traditions into two broad categories, which are Saguna and Nirguna

Historians of religion often classify bhakti traditions into two broad categories: saguna (with attributes) and nirguna (without attributes). The former included traditions that focused on the worship of specific deities such as Shiva, Vishnu and his avatars (incarnations) and forms of the goddess or Devi, all often conceptualised in anthropomorphic forms. Nirguna bhakti on the other hand was worship of an abstract form of god.