Dvadashakala, 顿惫腻诲补艣补办补濒腻, Dvadasha-kala: 2 definitions
Introduction:
Dvadashakala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term 顿惫腻诲补艣补办补濒腻 can be transliterated into English as Dvadasakala or Dvadashakala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)顿惫腻诲补艣补办补濒腻 (啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶曕げ啶�) [=Kal膩dv膩da艣a?] refers to the 鈥渢welve digits (of the sun)鈥�, according to the Am峁泃asiddhi, a 12th-century text belonging to the Ha峁環ayoga textual tradition.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he sphere of the sun is at the base of the Central Channel, complete with twelve digits (办补濒腻诲惫腻诲补艣补), shining with its rays. The lord of creatures (Praj膩pati), of intense appearance, travels upwards on the right. Staying in the pathways in the spaces in the channels it pervades the entire body. The sun consumes the lunar secretion, wanders in the sphere of the wind and burns up all the bodily constituents in all bodies鈥�.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as 膩sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts1) 顿惫腻诲补艣补办补濒腻 (啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶曕げ啶�) (or 顿惫腻诲补艣补办补濒腻辫奴箩腻) refers to 鈥渢hat (worship) which is repeated twelve times a day鈥�, as discussed in the sixth chapter of the 莫艣varasa峁僪it膩 (printed edition), a P膩帽car膩tra work in 8200 verses and 24 chapters dealing with topics such as routines of temple worship, major and minor festivals, temple-building and initiation.鈥擠escription of the chapter [辫颈迟峁泂补峁僾颈产丑腻驳补-腻诲颈-艣补测补苍辞迟蝉补惫腻苍迟补-惫颈诲丑颈]: [...] The regular daily offerings are to be made either to the utsavabera-icon or to the balibera-icon鈥攁 portion of the liturgy here referred to as 鈥�nityotsava鈥� (48-60). Then (picking up the narrative from where it left off in the preceding chapter, see adhy. V: 46, above, after 艣补测补苍补:) comes 补苍耻测腻驳补 (62-70). After this has been duly done, an octave of worship [补峁ａ弓腻峁単补辫奴箩腻] is performed (71-75), which octave of worship should be repeated twelve times a day [诲惫腻诲补艣补办补濒腻-辫奴箩腻] (76-109). [...]
2) Dv膩da艣ak膩la (啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶曕ぞ啶�) refers to the 鈥渢welve cycles of a day鈥�, as discussed in 9 (Kriy膩k膩峁囜笉a) of the 笔腻谤补尘别艣惫补谤补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: an important P膩帽car膩tra text of 8700 verses followed closely by the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam鈥攄ealing with priestly concerns such as their daily routines, occasional liturgies and expiatory services.鈥擠escription of the chapter [诲惫腻诲补艣补办腻濒补-补谤肠补苍腻诲颈-办腻濒补惫颈产丑腻驳补-苍颈谤峁嘺测补]:鈥擳he Lord in His temple must be worshipped with full 辫奴箩腻-rites at least three times a day under normal circumstances. However, He may be so honored鈥攊n progressively streamlined ways up to twelve times a day (诲惫腻诲补艣补办腻濒补). It is prohibited to do 辫奴箩腻 more than twelve times a day, simply because to do it honorably requires a certain length of time, and the day allows only twelve such cycles [诲惫腻诲补艣补办腻濒补]. [...]
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dvadasha, Kala.
Starts with: Dvadashakalapuja, Dvadashakalarcana, Dvadashakalarcanadikalavibhaganirnaya.
Full-text: Dvadashakalapuja, Kaladvadasha, Dvadashakalarcana.
Relevant text
No search results for Dvadashakala, 顿惫腻诲补艣补办补濒腻, Dv膩da艣a-kal膩, Dvadasha-kala, Dvadasakala, Dvadasa-kala; (plurals include: Dvadashakalas, 顿惫腻诲补艣补办补濒腻s, kal膩s, kalas, Dvadasakalas) in any book or story.