The Sanskrit term Dīkṣāprakāra can be transliterated into English as Diksaprakara or Dikshaprakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Dīkṣāprakāra (दीक्षाप्रकार) (lit. “concerning dīkṣā-initiation”) forms part of chapter 41 of the Lakṣmītantra: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 3600 Sanskrit verses exclusively devoted to Goddess Lakṣmī or Śrī (the consort of Viṣṇu) besides dealing with cosmology and practical regarding Vaishnava priests and temple-building programs.—Description of the chapter [dīkṣa-abhiṣeka-prakāra]: Indra asks about dīkṣā-initiation (1-2), and Lakṣmī replies by defining the term as that which severs all miseries and gives a comprehensive perception of everything (“dyati kleśakarmādīn īkṣayati akhilam padam”) and saying rites are of three types—sthūla, sūkṣma and para—and that a person may by them become either a Samayin, Putraka, Sādhaka or Ācārya" (3-8). The remainder of the chapter is given over to a step-by-step description of the rites—preparations of the candidate. [...]

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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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Partial matches: Diksa, Prakara.

Starts with: Dikshaprakarana.

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