The Sanskrit term Utsavaprāyaścittanārāyaṇabali can be transliterated into English as Utsavaprayascittanarayanabali or Utsavaprayashcittanarayanabali, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Utsavaprayashchittanarayanabali.

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Utsavaprāyaścittanārāyaṇabali (उत्सवप्रायश्चित्तनारायणबलि) (lit. “concerning expiatory rites in relation to festival mishaps, and also nārāyaṇa-bali-offerings”) is the name of chapter 19 (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 [utsavaprāyaścittanārāyaṇabali]: In cases when a day falls in which nitya, naimittka and kāmya-utsava-observances are scheduled for the same day, the naimittika-rite (since it is determined by an auspicious time other than which it cannot be done) takes priority before nitya and kāmya ceremonies (Ⅰ). Then the narrative turns to snapana-rites in general, and catalogues the various mistakes, lapses or accidents that might call for prāyaścitta-expiatory rites (2-32a). Certain rites are sometimes done to icons that are not housed in a vimāna-building; such rites require first a prāyaścitta-expiation before the celebration may commence (32b-35a). Lapses, accidents and oversights in regular rites as well as in the course of celebrating certain parts of these rites-namely, dhvaja-flag raisings, aṅkurārpana-germinations, bali-offerings, or oversights or contaminations traceable to the personnel of such rites, or imperfections that come due to lack of punctuality or from a faulty sequence of constituent parts of major rituals, etc.—all these things require expiatory rites to be done (35b-107). Brahmā asks about the so-called siddhāntas which are not to be confused according to orthodox views. He is told of the four siddhāntas—(1) mantrasiddhānta, (2) āgamasiddhānta (3) tantrasiddhānta, and (4) tantrāntarasiddhānta—and their mutual differences (108-122). When rites beginning with karṣaṇa-plowing are done according to one siddhānta there should be no subsequent shift to another siddhānta-tradition (123-132). A further section of this chapter deals with expiatory rites required when someone [Pāñcarātrin, or anybody?] dies a sudden, unnatural or accidental death. The rite required is nārāyaṇabali (133-169).

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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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