Sanaka Sampraday is a Sanaka Sampraday is a Sanaka Sampraday
is One of the four branches (sampraday) of the Bairagi ascetics' Naga class.
Bairagi ascetics are worshippers of the deity Vishnu
(bhakta).
The Nagas are battling ascetics recruited to guard them by
the other Bairagis.
The Naga class is divided into various anis or
"armies" in a military-style organization.
Their principal activity until the beginning of the
nineteenth century was as mercenary troops, while they also had significant
trading interests; both of these have virtually vanished in modern times.
The Sanaka Sampraday may trace its spiritual ancestry back
to Nimbarka's Nimbarki sect.
This group worships Radha and Krishna as a celestial pair,
with equal rank for both deities.
Sanaka, Sanatana, and Sana tkumara are the other three sages
who were born by the deity Brahma and are par adigms of asceticism in Hindu
mythology.
When Brahma manifests these four sages, he tells them to
begin the job of creation, but they reject since they are so separated from
mundane concerns.
They have lived a life of celibacy, have studied the Vedas
from infancy, and constantly travel together.
Sanatana is one of four sages born of Brahma who are
paradigms of austerity in Hindu mythology; the other three ascetics are Sanaka,
Sanandana, and Sanatkumara.
When Brahma manifests these four sages, he tells them to
begin the job of creation, but they reject since they are so separated from
mundane concerns.
They have lived a life of celibacy, have studied the Vedas
from infancy, and constantly travel together.
