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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Mantraprāpti (मन्त्रप्राप्ति) refers to “receiving the (six-syllable) mantra”, as is discussed in the fourth chapter of the Agastyasaṃhitā (agastya-suīkṣṇa-saṃvāda edition), an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the worship of Rāma, Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa and Hanumān.—Description of the chapter [mantraprāpti-prakāra]: “[...] Hiraṇyagarbha—as the Creator of all the world and its beings—asked that he be given the instruction [upāya] by which he and his fellow sages, as well as all of sinful humanity, might achieve final beatitude [mukti]. Thereupon Nārāyaṇa gave to Hiraṇyagarbha a mantra of six syllables, along with other mantras and yantras—and at the very moment Hiraṇyagarbha heard the six-syllable mantra he was transformed into the Overlord [sarvādhipatya] with omniscience, etc. Nārāyaṇa also instructed Hiraṇyagarbha to share the liberating knowledge with the other sages by instructing them also in the six-syllable mantra, the other mantras and yantras, that they too might be liberated. [...]”.

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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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