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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Navapadma (नवपद्म) refers to the “nine lotuses” (visualized situated at points in the body), according to verse 4.497ff of the Brahmayāmala-tantra (or Picumata), an early 7th century Śaiva text consisting of twelve-thousand verses.—Accordingly, “[...] A series of nine lotuses [i.e., navapadma] is visualized situated at points in the body called granthis (knots or joints). These are located at the crown of the head (śikhā), the forehead (lalāṭa), throat (kaṇṭha), navel (nābhi), knees (jānu), mouth (vaktra), heart (hṛd), genitals (guhya), and feet (pāda), following the order of their sequence in nyāsa. [...]”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

1) Navapadma (नवपद्म) refers to a Maṇḍala used by the Tantrasiddhānta school, as discussed in chapter 21 (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.—[Cf. the chapter siddhāntabhedena pañcarātrādhikārivyavasthā]: Brahmā says that having heard about the various rules, he would now like to know who are the qualified aspirants to follow in the different schools of Pāñcarātra. [...] The tantrasiddhānta school accepts those who come from any of the four castes, so long as they observe all the saṃskāra-sacraments. These (common?) folks, in the performance of the Lord’s worship, employ the navapadma-maṇḍala design. But in their ritual activities they must satisfy themselves with the repetition of the dvādaśākṣara and other mantras only, and these without benefit of instruction concerning their esoteric meanings and, furthermore, without nyāsa, etc. [...]

2) Navapadma (नवपद्म) refers to the “nine-lotus pattern”, as discussed in chapter 10 of the Pauṣkarasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text of almost 5900 verses divided into forty-three chapters presented as a frame-work dialogue between Pauṣkara and Bhagavān dealing with the esoteric meaning of maṇḍala-designs, worship routines and temple-building.—Description of the chapter [navapadma-vidhāna-lakṣaṇa]: [...] Of the nine cakrābja-maṇḍala-designs already given (in Chapter VIII), the ultimate one is the ninth variant containing a design of nine lotuses. In this pattern, a different cosmic power [śakti] is put in each lotus—the four vyūhas, Nārāyaṇa, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Yajñapuruṣa and Vārāhī (1-33) How this ultimate of all maṇḍalas is to be undertaken, measured out, colored, etc., is given (34-93a).

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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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