Ramajayanti, Rama-jayanti, Rāmajayantī: 2 definitions
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In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts1) 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)] [...]
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryrāmajayantī (रामजयंती).—f (S) The celebration of the anniversary of Rama's birthday.
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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Partial matches: Rama, Jayanti.
Starts with: Ramajayantipuja, Ramajayantipujavidhana.
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Full-text: Ramajayantipuja, Parashuramajayanti, Ramanavami, Kurmajayanti.
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