Ramajayanti, Rama-jayanti, Rāmajayantī: 2 definitions

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In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

[«previous next»] — Ramajayanti in Pancaratra glossary
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

1) Rāmajayantī (रामजयन्ती) (lit. “the birthday celebrations in honor of Rāma”) is the name of chapter 9 of the Śeṣasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 2800 Sanskrit verses narrated by Śeṣa (=Ananta) to Nārada and dealing primarily with the use of the appropriate mantras for various occasions such as jayantī celebrations.

[Description of the chapter rāmajayantī]: Rāma’s birth in tretāyuga-times is commemorated on the ninth day of caitra-month during punarvasu-constellation. As in all the other chapters, here the outline is the same—including the directions to make an image as a free-will offering to a deserving person. The commemorative dates for Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata and Śatrughna are also mentioned (1-11a). The rāmamantra is indicated, along with how it is to be analyzed, etc. (11b-18a).

2) Rāmajayantī (रामजयन्ती) is the name of ceremony listed under festivals (utsava) and observances (vratas), as discussed in chapter 8 of the Viṣṇutilakasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 3500 Sanskrit verses covering the typically “agamic” subjects which are being narrated by Brahmā to a number of sages.—[Cf. chapter 8]: Brahmā speaks to the other sages and says he will now relate what the Lord told him about utsava-festivals. An utsava-occasion is always preceded by a flag-raising ceremony of dhvajārohaṇa. Then follows miscellaneous listing of a number of other utsavas and vratas: [e.g., rāmajayantī (290)] [...]

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Ramajayanti in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

rāmajayantī (रामजयंती).—f (S) The celebration of the anniversary of Rama's birthday.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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