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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: Wisdom Library: Pāñcarātra

Damanāropaṇa (दमनारोपण) [=damanāropaṇa vidhiḥ] is the name of the twenty-second chapter of the Aniruddhasaṃhitā: an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama scripture in thirty-four chapters dealing with the varieties of worships, administration of sciences, rājadharma, town planning, expiation, installation of images, the rules regarding the construction of images, etc.

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

1) Damanāropaṇa (दमनारोपण) is the name of a festival celebrated during February-March, as discussed in the twenty-second chapter of the Aniruddhasaṃhitā, an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the annual festivals of temples and regular temple worship routines.—[Cf. the chapter mahotsava-vidhi]:—Certain special festivals may be celebrated at optional times: damanāropaṇa during February-March; [...] Some general instructions for celebrating the above festivals are given (23b-31), followed by more specialized directions in relation to a few of the above-mentioned celebrations (32-63). All ministrations in the festivals cited are to be done to the immovable idol [mūlabera] as well as the sacred fire-pit [homakuṇḍa] and subsidiary deities (64-65). A few additional directions are recorded, and the chapter ends with the rewards [phala] to those who supervise such undertaking (66-69).

2) Damanāropaṇa (दमनारोपण) or Damanāropaṇavidhi possibly refers to a chapter of the Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, pūjā (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and prāyaścitta (expiatory measures).—Because a work called Utsavasaṃgraha quotes a chapter 16 from a Mārkaṇḍeya-saṃhitā on damanāropaṇa-vidhi—the inference may be drawn, since no chapter in the present Mārkaṇḍeya-saṃhitā deals with this subject (let alone chapter XVI), that there may have been two works of this name. It may be noted that Schrader in Introduction to the Pāñcarātra.... (p. 9.) suggested this same thing on other grounds. No additional chapters of the “other” work have yet been collected.

3) Damanāropaṇa (दमनारोपण) refers to “performing the garlanding rites using damanaka leaves”, as discussed in chapter 26 of the Viśvāmitrasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2600 Sanskrit verses covering topics such as initiation (dīkṣā) and the construction, decoration and consecration of temples and icons, as well as routines of regular and special worship cycles.—Description of the chapter [damanāropaṇa-vidhi]: [...] Most of the other rituals connected with these damanāropaṇa rites are parallel to those enjoined for the kalhārakusumāropaṇa festivities already outlined. The main difference is in regard to the items offered: instead of flowers as before, here damana-leaves are given (4-73). After the Ācārya has been rewarded and the concluding services are done and rewards made, an eulogy of the celebration is given (74-88).

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Damanāropaṇa (दमनारोपण):—[from damana > dam] n. a [particular] ceremony, [Inscriptions]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Damana, Aropana.

Starts with: Damanaropanavidhi.

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