The Sanskrit term Śikyotsava can be transliterated into English as Sikyotsava or Shikyotsava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Śikyotsava (शिक्योत्सव) refers to the “festival of the suspended pot”, as discussed in chapter 42 of the Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.—[Cf. the chapter kṛṣṇotsava-ādi-śikyotsava-anta-vidhi]: [...] The Kṛṣṇa icon is again charged with divine power, and taken to a maṇḍapa placed at an intersection of the village where many people will vie for the opportunity to break a pot with butter suspended on a moveable rope (53-68).

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śikyōtsava (ಶಿಕ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ):—[noun] a festival observed the day next to the Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamii, during which milk,curds and butter are kept in vessels that are hung in a network of ropes hung above (to the roof of the pendal).

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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: Shikya, Utsava.

Starts with: Shikyotsavavidhi.

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