The Sanskrit term Rahasyopāyaprakāśa can be transliterated into English as Rahasyopayaprakasa or Rahasyopayaprakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Rahasyopāyaprakāśa (रहस्योपायप्रकाश) (lit. “concerning the secret means”) is the name of chapter 17 of the Lakṣmītantra: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 3600 Sanskrit verses exclusively devoted to Goddess Lakṣmī or Śrī (the consort of Viṣṇu) besides dealing with cosmology and practical regarding Vaishnava priests and temple-building programs.

Description of the chapter [rahasyopāyaprakāśa]: After the usual protestations by Lakṣmī concerning her identification with the Lord in all His forms, she points out that His (Her?) Feet are the goal of all creatures (1-36). For man in his present state, she says, the best way thither is to practise nyāsa or śaraṇāgati (37-56), which itself is explained further in its attitudinal and habitual peculiarities (57-63) and in its six different modes (66-74) and other characteristics (to 107). Even a person who chooses this way, however, must also worship Lakṣmī by means of a mantra-form having once obtained dīkṣā (1082).

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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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Partial matches: Prakasha, Rahasyopaya.

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