Navavyuha, Navan-vyuha, Navavyūha: 6 definitions
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Navavyuha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: Wisdom Library: PāñcarātraNavavyūha (नवव्यूह) refers to an aspect of nṛsiṃha (‘man-lion’), according to the Vihagendra-saṃhitā 4.17, which mentions seventy-four forms (inlcuding twenty forms of vyūha). He is also known as Navavyūhanṛsiṃha or Navavyūhanarasiṃha. Nṛsiṃha is a Tantric deity and refers to the furious (ugra) incarnation of Viṣṇu.
The 15th-century Vihagendra-saṃhīta is a canonical text of the Pāñcarātra corpus and, in twenty-four chapters, deals primarely with meditation on mantras and sacrificial oblations.
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)Navavyūha (नवव्यूह) refers to the “iconographic detail regarding the nine vyūhas”, as discussed in chapter 24 of the Ādikāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣasaṃhitā: a large Pāñcarātra Āgama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.—Description of the chapter [nava-vyūha-pratimā-lakṣaṇa]: Ādimūrti Vāsudeva having already been treated this chapter turns to the other form of Vāsudeva with two hands (3-4a), then to Baladeva (Saṃkarṣaṇa) (4b-5), to Pradyumna with his wife (6-9a), to Aniruddha (9b-10), to Nārāyaṇa (11-16), to Viṣṇu with eight arms (17-19a), to Narasiṃha (19b-21) and to Varāha (22-23a).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNavavyūha (नवव्यूह).—an epithet of Viṣṇu.
Derivable forms: navavyūhaḥ (नवव्यूहः).
Navavyūha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms navan and vyūha (व्यूह).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNavavyūha (नवव्यूह):—[=nava-vyūha] [from nava] m. Name of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. catur-v).
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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.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.11.96 < [Chapter 11 - Meeting with Śrī Īśvara Purī]
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXVI - Description of the specific marks of Salagrama < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter XI - Description of the Nava-Vyuha form of worship < [Agastya Samhita]
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