Varjaniyacarya, Varjanīyācārya, Varjaniya-acarya: 1 definition

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Alternative spellings of this word include Varjaniyacarya.

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Varjanīyācārya (वर्जनीयाचार्य) refers to a “disqualified preceptor”, as discussed in chapter 3 of the Ādikāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣasaṃhitā: a large Pāñcarātra Āgama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.—Description of the chapter [varjanīyācārya-lakṣaṇa]: This chapter treats of the various considerations that disqualify a man from Ācārya-ship. The point seems to be that a man, despite his intellectual qualifications, must also satisfy certain confessional, moral and physical prerequisites.

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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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