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Vaishnavism, a Rare card
Vaishnavism, also called Vishnuism, is one of the major Hindu religious traditions, that considers Vishnu as the supreme being leading all other Hindu deities, that is, Mahavishnu.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 92
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 192
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 192 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Vaishnavism quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Vaishnavism card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is one of the major Hindu ______ along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
Answer
denominations. It is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. From the Vaishnavism article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Kolkata. Kolkata 850,000 · Brussels 670,000 · Vaishnavism 250,000 · Aarhus 200,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
- Its followers are called Vaishnavites or Vaishnavas, and it includes sub-sects like Krishnaism and Ramaism, which consider Krishna and Rama as the supreme beings respectively.
- The ancient emergence of Vaishnavism is unclear, and broadly hypothesised as the rise of various regional non-Vedic religions which fused with one another and with worship of Vishnu.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Vaishnavism article was read about 250,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 92 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Vaishnavism (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : unnamed photographer, image listed as public domain on the source page of Los Angeles Muse, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.