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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Samādhikhyāpana (समाधिख्यापन) (lit. “realisation of samdāhi”) is the name of the eleventh chapter of the Jayākhyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra Āgama text composed of 4500 verses in 33 chapters dealing with topics such as mantra (formulas), japa (repetitions), dhyāna (meditations), mudrā (gesticulations), nyāsa (concentrations) etc.—Description of the chapter [samādhikhyāpana]:—Bhagavān says [that the next step is] to find a secluded place, arrange for a clean place to sit down, and undertake preliminary meditation of the Lord and of one’s teacher. Having done this, one then proceeds to purify the place and the mundane elements that comprise in with mantras (1-22). Meditating upon his own mundane condition, the aspirant then meditates on earth, air, fire, water and space as being essentially one with him; the same is done with the subtle forms of these gross elements (23-57). Having succeeded in this, the jīva is lifted in imagination through the various levels of being to the realm of kaivalya-consciousness (58-77), whereupon in his “luminous-body” [tejomayaśarīra] he aspires to feel infused by the Power and Presence of the universal spirit invoked by the ātmamantra which he repeats (78-103).

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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: Khyapana, Samadhi, Camati, Samati.

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