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Pranavadyuddhara, ʰṇaܻ, Pranavadi-uddhara: 1 definition

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In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Pranavadyuddhara in Pancaratra glossary
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

ʰṇaܻ (प्रणवाद्युद्धा�) (lit. “composing the �ṇa� and other mantras�) is the name of chapter 6 of the վś峾ٰṃh: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2600 Sanskrit verses covering topics such as initiation (īṣ�) and the construction, decoration and consecration of temples and icons, as well as routines of regular and special worship cycles.

Description of the chapter [ṇaܻ]: Kāśyapa wants to know what it is that a preceptor is to give his aspiring student and in what way the aspirant properly puts into practice that instruction (1). Viśvāmitra points out that the main thing concerned in the instruction is mantra-lore, commencing with basic information about the ṇa-syllable (mantra) including its ṛṣ-originator, chandas-metre, 𱹲-presiding deity, its ṅg-variants, its īᲹ-components, its śپ-powers, etc. One who does not know all those things about any given mantra cannot possibly derive benefits from its use; also in order to derive benefit from using a mantra, one must do japa-repetitions a certain number of times with it, all the while employing proper Բ-concentrations, doing all these things in particular ways with homa, etc., and in specified places. The interpretation of the ṇa-mantra is that �a� denotes Viṣṇu, �� denotes the individual ī, and �u� the relationship existing between the two (2-28a). There follows a similar treatment of the ṣṭṣaԳٰ, with its eight ṛṣs, etc. (28b-69).

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) 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.

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