The Sanskrit term Śāstrāvatāravidhi can be transliterated into English as Sastravataravidhi or Shastravataravidhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Śāstrāvatāravidhi (शास्त्रावतारविधि) (lit. “concerning the lineage of the teaching”) is the name of chapter 1 of the Puruṣottamasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text consisting of more than 1800 verses devoted to temple-building and the practical concerns of the Pāñcarātra priestly community.—Description of the chapter [śāstrāvatāravidhi]: A number of Ṛṣis have gathered to seek knowledge from Vasiṣṭha of the ways and means to attain liberation. Vasistha says that what he is about to tell them deals with devotion to the Lord [bhagavadbhakti] as is taught in the Pāñcarātra school [śāstra]. This teaching was revealed by Viṣṇu to Brahmā in 1½ crores of granthas to remove rājasaguṇa-defects and it was a teaching given over a period of five nights (1-7a). In it are instructions for building temples and worshipping daily in them-by following out which leads to eternal beatitude (7b-8). Synonyms for Pāñcarātra are Mūlaveda, Sāttvata, Tantra, Bhagavatśāstra, Ekāyana, Āgama and reasons why these are adequate terms for the divine teaching are given (9-172.). After an eulogy of the Pāñcarātra teaching (17b-20), Vasiṣṭha describes how he himself got the essence of the teaching from Brahmā, his father, and how this condensation—which he is about to impart to the sages and which he calls Puruṣottamasaṃhitā—covers all the essentials from karṣaṇa to pratiṣṭhā and from utsava to prāyaścitta (21-27). Asked by the Ṛṣis if there are other Tantras, Vasiṣṭha replies by saying he knows of 108. He lists these by name (30-44a), and concludes by saying (44b-45) that what he does not tell the sages himself may be gleaned from these other texts.

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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: Shastravatara, Vidhi, Viti.

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