Essay name: Isanasivagurudeva Paddhati (study)
Author:
J. P. Prajith
Affiliation: Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit / Department of Sanskrit Sahitya
This essay studies the methods of worship in the Isanasivagurudeva Paddhati (also known as the Tantra Paddhati). This text deals with many topics such as architecture and iconography. But this essay focuses on ceremonies and the ritual practices associated with Gods, Goddesses and other deities (Devatas).
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of stalks to the God, which is an adaptation of the Kriyas described in Navanaivedyadhikara. Patala 62 :- The four units of this Patala, viz., Antyeṣṭhiyādhikāra, Ekoddiṣthavidhi, Sapiṇḍikaraṇādhikāra and Astakaśrāddhavidhi are concerned with ablutions performed on the dead before cremation, Balitarpaṇakriyas for the dead, funeral rites, and annual Srāddha functions for remembering the dead respectively. All these performances are meant for the Gurus or preceptors and other Brahmins. The funeral rites can be performed in the residences, riverbanks or outside the village in accordance with Dharmaśāstras, Purnas and Smrti. The author describes various types of Balitarpaṇas. Paṭala 63 - This Patala is divided into four units, Alpaprāyaścitta, Mahādoṣaprāyaścitta, Astrayāgadhikara and Balivikiraṇavidhi - all dealing with expiatory rites for the omissions and commissions of Sadhakas and also for the wrongs done to temples knowingly or unknowingly. Depending upon the nature and degree of dosas or wrongs committed, specific atonement rites are decreed. Devaprīti, Brāhmaṇaprīti, Atbhutaśānti, etc, are some of the expiatory rites for propitiating the wronged. Patala 64 :- This Patala, named Jirṇodhāravidhi, marks the conclusion of the third Pada of ISGP, and deals with renovation of 139
