Shayanotsava, Śayanotsava: 2 definitions
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Shayanotsava means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Śayanotsava can be transliterated into English as Sayanotsava or Shayanotsava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts1) Śayanotsava (शयनोत्सव) refers to the “śayana-festival”, as discussed in the sixth chapter of the Īśvarasaṃhitā (printed edition), a Pāñcarātra work in 8200 verses and 24 chapters dealing with topics such as routines of temple worship, major and minor festivals, temple-building and initiation.—Description of the chapter [pitṛsaṃvibhāgādi-śayanotsava-anta-vidhi]: [...] The regular daily offerings are to be made either to the utsavabera-icon or to the balibera-icon—a portion of the liturgy here referred to as “nityotsava” (48-60). Then (picking up the narrative from where it left off in the preceding chapter, see adhy. V: 46, above, after śayana:) comes anuyāga (62-70). After this has been duly done, an octave of worship [aṣṭāṅgapūjā] is performed (71-75), which octave of worship should be repeated twelve times a day [dvādaśakalāpūjā] (76-109). [...]
2) Śayanotsava (शयनोत्सव) is the name of a Festival celebrated in Āṣāḍha (July/August), as discussed in chapter 14 (Caryāpāda) of the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—Description of the chapter [pavitra-ādi-utsava-vidhi]: Brahmā wants to know about the festivals that are to be observed during the various months of the year. [...] In the āṣāḍha-month (July/August) will come the śayanotsava of the Lord—which will last throughout the following four months, which period is called cāturmāsya. It is the time for the observance of various vratas (25-30a). [...]
3) Śayanotsava (शयनोत्सव) refers to the “festive routines of putting the lord to bed (for sleeping)”, as discussed in chapter 13 (Kriyākāṇḍa) of the Pārameśvarasaṃhitā: an important Pāñcarātra text of 8700 verses followed closely by the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam—dealing with priestly concerns such as their daily routines, occasional liturgies and expiatory services.—Description of the chapter [svāpa-śayana-utthāpana-utsava]: Sanaka asks to know certain things about God’s “sleep” (1-3). Śāṇḍilya begins by giving the symbolic story of God’s periodic yoganidrā-slumber—when it comes, and how we here on earth commemmorate that period by special observances (4-21). Chief among the things to be done in commemmoration is to observe in the temple the Lord’s slumber by symbolically putting His icon to bed—and here is included a description of the bedstead preferably to be used and the procedure for placing the Lord on it (22-86). It is during such a 4-month period that one may undertake to fulfil certain vows (86-125). At the end of the “rest” period, the Lord is wakened with a special celebration in kārtika-month. [...]
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
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚayanōtsava (ಶಯನೋತ್ಸವ):—[noun] a religious service to a deity in a temple, in which the idol of the deity is kept on a bed (usu. on a swing which is swung backward and forward) as if to put the deity into sleep.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Sayana, Utsava.
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