Rishiratra, 峁氠梗颈谤腻迟谤补, Rishi-ratra: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term 峁氠梗颈谤腻迟谤补 can be transliterated into English as Rsiratra or Rishiratra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts峁氠梗颈谤腻迟谤补 (啶嬥し啶苦ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ) refers to the 鈥渇ifth night led by the 峁氠梗is鈥� representing part of the P奴j膩 (worship) performed by the creatures of the world in order to defeat the demon Somaka in K峁泃ayuga times, as discussed in chapter 2 of the 叠丑腻谤补诲惫腻箩补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 or 鈥淏h膩radv膩ja-ka峁噕a-sa峁僪it膩鈥�: a P膩帽car膩tra text comprising some 230 艣lokas mainly concerned with basic details concerning temple construction and icon consecration.鈥擜ccordingly, [...] The creatures of the world repeated the 补峁ａ弓腻办峁谤补-尘补苍迟谤补 to make Vi峁ａ箛u strong enough to conquer the demon. This they did over a period of five nights with firm resolve; thereby Vi峁ａ箛u waxed stronger, killed the demon and returned the Vedas to the gods. The order of the 辫奴箩腻 by which Vi峁ａ箛u was made strong was on the first night [Brahmar膩tra] Brahm膩 led the worship; on the second, 艢iva [艢ivar膩tra]; on the third night, Indra [Indrar膩tra]; on the fourth, N膩ga [N膩gar膩tra]; and on the fifth 峁氠梗is led it [峁氠梗颈谤腻迟谤补]. This is how the 鈥淧膩帽car膩tra鈥� originated.
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.
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Partial matches: Ratra, Rishi.
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