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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

1) Rāmayantra (रामयन्त्र) is the name of a Yantra discussed in the fifteenth chapter of the Parāśarasaṃhitā: a Pañcarātra work of some 2000 verses dealing withe the composition and applications of Mantras, the characteristics of devotees (prapanna) and initiation.—Description of the chapter [haṃsamatsyādi-mantravidhi]: This chapter turns to the mantras attached to each of the ten avatāras and some other forms—the nyāsas appropriate, the japa-repetitions, the gāyatrī-forms, the bīja-analyses, etc.—[For example]:—śrīrāmamantra (196-201); dhyāna on him (202-205), śrīrāmagāyatrī (206-213), yantra-design for Rāma (214-233); [...] The remainder of the chapter (301-313) deals with differences between the various mantras and their respective sub-varieties.

2) Rāmayantra (रामयन्त्र) is the name of a Yantra (esoteric design) discussed chapters 53 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 chapter 53: This chapter turns to the rāmamantra (1-10) and to its yantra-design (11-25).

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rāmayantra (रामयन्त्र):—[=rāma-yantra] [from rāma] n. [particular] diagram, [Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad]

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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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Partial matches: Rama, Yantra.

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