Vishnuswami is a Sanskrit word that means "Vishnu Swami." ("Vishnu is [his] Lord")
The Vaishnava ascetics' Rudra Sampraday is said to have been founded by a Guru named Vishnuswami.
(The Rudra Sampraday is one of the four "sampraday"
branches of the Bairagi Naga ascetics, who are devotees of the god Vishnu;
vaishnava refers to Vishnu devotees.)
According to some sources, Vishnuswami was the guru of both
Jnaneshvar and Namdev.
Vishnuswami was a Vaishnava, as his name implies, but
nothing is known about him other than that.
His ascetic path and status as one of the four Vaishnava
ascetic sampradays have been seized by Vallabhacharya's Shuddadvaita, or
"Pure Monism," which emphasizes Krishna's adoration with Radha as his
wife.
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