Maranaprayashcitta, Maraṇaprāyaścitta, Marana-prayashcitta: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Maraṇaprāyaścitta can be transliterated into English as Maranaprayascitta or Maranaprayashcitta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Maranaprayashchitta.
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts1) Maraṇaprāyaścitta (मरणप्रायश्चित्त) refers to “expiatory rites when death takes place”, as discussed in chapter 27 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).—Description of chapter [maraṇa-ādi-prāyaścitta-vidhi]: When defilements or damages come to towns, cities, wells, people, etc.—even when minor mistakes and errors in behavior and deportment are made—then certain expiatory rites may and must be done. Murder, suicide, childbirth, family deaths—according to where it happens (at home, abroad, in a temple, in the streets) and to whom (to Brahmins, Vedic scholars, relatives )—all have their specific expiations (1-27a). [...]
2) Maraṇaprāyaścitta (मरणप्रायश्चित्त) is the name of a chapter said to belong to the Nāradasaṃhita, which is not to be confused with 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.—Fragments of a work called Nāradasaṃhitā survive. The Pūjāsaṃgraha, MT. 2856, contains an unnumbered chapter on “maraṇaprāyaścitta” said to be from Nāradasaṃhitā.
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: Prayashcitta, Marana.
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