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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

1) Mūlabera (मूलबेर) refers to the “main image (idol)”, as discussed in the fifteenth chapter of the Aniruddhasaṃhitā, an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the annual festivals of temples and regular temple worship routines.—[Cf. the chapter pratiṣṭhāvidhi]: [...] Consecration of the temple-structure must also be done, and this includes fire-offerings [homa] and sprinkling of the towers with water and sandal-paste ( 26-31 ). Next day, at an auspicous time, the main idol [mūlabera] is moved into place, made perfectly upright with plumb-lines, and then fastened to the floor of the sanctuary, with a sacred cement mixture (32-38). The seven other idols are also consecrated (39-42), and the temple is then dosed for three days. On the fourth day only may pūjā-worship commence (30-44a) After this, the ācārya is hailed and rewarded (44b-46a).

2) Mūlabera (मूलबेर) refers to a type of icon, as discussed in the eleventh chapter of the Īśvarasaṃhitā (printed edition), a Pāñcarātra work in 8200 verses and 24 chapters dealing with topics such as routines of temple worship, major and minor festivals, temple-building and initiation.—Description of the chapter [mahotsavavidhi]: On the second day, after having arranged for a musical prologue (1-36) the necessary bali-procession is made with balibera-icon (37-93), whereupon the utsavabera-icon is taken to the yāgaśālā-hall for a fire-ritual [homa] [...]. On the ninth-day evening the Ācārya blesses all in the presence of God, and there is then a routine concluding homa-sacrifice in the yāgaśālā in which bali-offerings are made and the deities which had been called to witness the entire mahotsava-festivities are given permission to leave and return to their respective places or to their source in the mūlabera-image.

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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.

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)

1) Mūlabera (मूलबेर) refers to the “main image”, as discussed in chapter 22 (Kriyāpāda) 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 [parivāra-vidhi]: Iconometry continues, this chapter being given over to rules for the attendant deities [parivāra-devatā]: [...] The chapter ends with a discussion of the differences that exist between the measurements for the mūlabera (main image) and the measurements of the aforementioned attendant deities (65-72).

2) Mūlabera (मूलबेर) refers to the “chief immovable idol”, as discussed in chapter 9 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 [bera-ādi-lakṣaṇa]: The chief immovable idol [mūlabera] is to be worshipped daily (1). There are to be six other icons also—but their names are not mentioned here (2). Measurements are given for mūlaberas, and three types are distinguished according to their relative sizes (3-5). Other types of images are also listed: [...]

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Shodhganga: Historical setting of the vaisnava divyaksetras in the southern pandya country

Mūlabera (मूलबेर).—Usuallly mūlaberas in temples are in three modes. They are sthānaka, āsana and sayana. Of the 108 divyakṣetras 60 are supposed to be in sthānaka mode. Of the 18 divyakṣetras in the Pāṇḍya country four are in sthānaka mode.

Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mūlabēra (ಮೂಲಬೇರ):—[noun] = ಮೂಲವಿಗ್ರಹ [mulavigraha].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bera, Mula.

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