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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

1) Havirvidhāna (हविर्विधान) (lit. “regarding cooked food-offerings”) is the name of the twelfth chapter of the Nāradīyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra document comprising over 3000 verses in 30 chapters presenting in a narrative framework the teachings of Nārada to Gautama, dealing primarily with modes of worship and festivals.

Description of the chapter [havirvidhāna]: Gautama inquires about the different kinds of fire-offerings (1). Nārada speaks first of acceptable ingredient grains for making caru-cakes used in nitya, naimittika and kāmya offerings (2-12). Then he turns to the distinctions that may be made according to quantities of specific grains offered as havis and bali—noting that they may be classified as “good,” “better,” and “best” (13-25). He also speaks of other offerings of cooked food made on various occasions, continuing that these must be prepared according to strict recipes and under hygienic and controlled conditions—emphasizing in the latter instance the importance of mantras (26-45).

In regard to making food-offerings, one-fourth of the naivedya (left-overs) that have once been presented to the Lord are to be given to Viṣvaksena; the remainder is to be distributed to dīkṣitas and to other Vaiṣṇavas—and not at any cost to undeserving people (46-55).

Returning to the classification of fire-offerings according to different quantities of offering, used, he repeats counsels regarding the preparation as well as the method of making the offerings (56-60). After mentioning a few other acceptable cooked and uncooked food-offerings, he then concludes by referring to several ordinarily unacceptable and prohibited food-preparations (61-73).

2) Havirvidhāna (हविर्विधान) refers to the “rules regarding food-offerings to be used in worship”, as discussed in chapter 12 (Caryāpāda) of the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—Description of the chapter [puṣpa-havir-vidhāna]: Brahmā asks what items are permitted—flowers, fruits and foods—as offerings in worship. Permitted and prohibited flowers for different times of the day are listed (2-25); the same is done for havis-food-offerings, including recipes for preparing them, how they are to be offered in dishes, and appropriate mantras to accompany these activities (26-36a). [...]

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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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