Editing Bhakti movement (section)

== Terminology ==
The Sanskrit word ''bhakti'' is derived from the root {{transliteration|sa|bhaj}}, which means "divide, share, partake, participate, to belong to".<ref name="Prentiss">{{cite book|last=Pechilis Prentiss|first=Karen|title=The Embodiment of Bhakti|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=US|year=1999|page=24|isbn=978-0-19-512813-0}}</ref><ref name="Werner">{{cite book|last=Werner|first=Karel|title=Love Divine: studies in bhakti and devotional mysticism|publisher=Routledge|year=1993|page=168|isbn=978-0-7007-0235-0}}</ref> The word also means "attachment, devotion to, fondness for, homage, faith or love, worship, piety to something as a spiritual, religious principle or means of salvation".<ref name=monier>[[Monier Monier-Williams]], ''Monier-Williams Sanskrit English Dictionary'', Motilal Banarsidass, page 743</ref><ref>[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=bhakti&direction=SE&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=0 bhakti] Sanskrit English Dictionary, University of Koeln, Germany</ref>

Bhakti, in contrast, is spiritual, a love for and devotion towards religious concepts or principles, that engages both emotion and intellect.{{sfnp|Pechilis Prentiss|2014|pages= 19-21}} The connotation of love in this context is not one of uncritical emotion but committed engagement.{{sfnp|Pechilis Prentiss|2014|pages= 19-21}} The Bhakti movement in Hinduism refers to ideas and engagement that emerged in the medieval era on love and devotion to religious concepts built around one or more gods and goddesses. The Bhakti movement preached against the caste system and used local languages and so the message reached the masses. One who practices ''bhakti'' is called a ''bhakta''.{{sfnp|Pechilis Prentiss|2014|page=3}}