The Sanskrit term Nityahomādisudarśanārcanāntavidhi can be transliterated into English as Nityahomadisudarsanarcanantavidhi or Nityahomadisudarshanarcanantavidhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Nityahomadisudarshanarcanantavidhi.

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Nityahomādisudarśanārcanāntavidhi (नित्यहोमादिसुदर्शनार्चनान्तविधि) (lit. “rules for daily worship from daily homa-rites to the honouring of sudarśana”) is the name of chapter 30 of the Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.

Description of the chapter [nityahomādisudarśanārcanāntavidhi]: This chapter continues to dictate the rules of procedure for daily worship by the Arcaka in the temple, moving from homa in the yāgaśālā (1-54), to the commencement and execution of balidāna (55-78), through the circumambulation of the sanctuary with a rice-filled container which constitutes nityotsava (79-87)—whereupon a petition is made to the Lord to accept the afore-mentioned attentions and offerings (88-119). This cycle is repeated and, at the conclusion of the final pūjā each day, the Lord is requested to go to His repose on His śayanāsana (120-130), whereupon the Arcaka closes the temple and returns home. The Arcaka himself attends to his own eating and business only after the (morning) rites are over (131). Lakṣmī is likewise to be honoured in her own right [as Vīralakṣmī], and the directions are given for these rites both when she is installed in a Viṣṇu temple as a separate but attendant deity and when she is the main deity in a separate temple (132-187). Likewise Sudarśana deserves a separate place in a Viṣṇu temple; he is to be propitiated with liturgical rites upto bhojyāsana (188-220).

Lapses in worship require prāyaścitta-rites (221-223). Sāttvika-śāstras are used for worship in temples dedicated to Viṣṇu and Lakṣmī by dvija-yajamānas, while Rājasa-śāstras are used in those constructed by other humans (like Śūdras and women). When a temple is devoted to the worship of a lesser deity, Tāmasa-śāstras only guide the worship (224-2252).

context information

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: Vidhi, Viti.

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