Manasapuja, Manasa-puja, Mānasapūjā: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts1) Mānasapūjā (मानसपूजा) refers to “silent worship”, according to the sixteenth chapter of the Aniruddhasaṃhitā, an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the annual festivals of temples and regular temple worship routines.—[Cf the chapter sadācāravidhi]:—The daily duties of an initiate are here outlined, from early rising until bedtime. His day begins with pious recitations (3-9), followed by snāna-ablutions ( 10-18), and his agni-pūjā ceremonies (19-20). Then he goes to the temple, observing carefully all rules of sacred etiquette (21-23), and performs various prescribed nyāsa-rituals (24-35) ; thereafter he offers first silent worship [mānasapūjā] then actual worship ( 36-3S ).
2) Mānasapūjā (मानसपूजा) refers to “mental worship”, as discussed in chapter 5 (Kriyākāṇḍa) of the Pārameśvarasaṃhitā: an important Pāñcarātra text of 8700 verses followed closely by the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam—dealing with priestly concerns such as their daily routines, occasional liturgies and expiatory services.—Description of the chapter [mānasayāga]: [...] The ultimate phase of this yogic activity is to experience God's Presence in a vision giving great delight to the devotee (1-114). Thereupon, maintaining this Divine Vision, one offers all kinds of mental worship [mānasapūjā] to Him-including mantras, dhūpa, dīpa, ghaṇṭā, etc. as well as offers mental libations [mānasayāga] (115-168). The benefits of this kind of internalized worship are listed (169-183).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymānasapūjā (मानसपूजा).—f (S) Mental worship; worship by abstract contemplation. Ex. dēvagṛhīṃ ēkāntīṃ baisōna || mā0 karitī jāṇa ||.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmānasapūjā (मानसपूजा).—f Worship by abstract contemplation.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMānasapūjā (मानसपूजा).—mental or spiritual devotion (opp. mūrtipūjā).
Mānasapūjā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mānasa and pūjā (पूजा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Mānasapūjā (मानसपूजा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Tripurasundarīmānasapūjā, Bhagavanmānasapūjā.
2) Mānasapūjā (मानसपूजा):—from several Purāṇa. Io. 1997.
Mānasapūjā has the following synonyms: Gaṇeśapūjā.
3) Mānasapūjā (मानसपूजा):—attributed to Vedavyāsa. Ulwar 2292.
4) Mānasapūjā (मानसपूजा):—[tantric] Whish 42, 2. 110 B 5. 183, 3.
Mānasapūjā has the following synonyms: Mantrākṣaramālā.
5) Mānasapūjā (मानसपूजा):—See Mantrākṣaramālā.
6) Mānasapūjā (मानसपूजा):—Śg. 1, 124.
—by Śaṅkarācārya. Ak 543. 544.
Mānasapūjā (मानसपूजा):—[=mānasa-pūjā] [from mānasa] f. Name of various works.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryMānasapūjā (मानसपूजा):—n. worship by heart;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Puja, Manasa.
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