The Sanskrit term Viṣṇuhasta can be transliterated into English as Visnuhasta or Vishnuhasta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Viṣṇuhasta (विष्णुहस्त) refers to the “gesture (symbolizing that a guru-śiṣya relationship)”, as discussed in the first chapter of the Jayākhyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra Āgama text composed of 4500 verses in 33 chapters dealing with topics such as mantra (formulas), japa (repetitions), dhyāna (meditations), mudrā (gesticulations), nyāsa (concentrations) etc.—Description of the chapter [śāstra-avataraṇa]:—[...] Śāndilya, residing on Mount Gandhamādana, told the assembled sages that what he is about to tell them—which he commences to do only after he has placed his hand on their heads with a viṣṇuhasta-gesture symbolizing that a guru-śiṣya relationship has been established between himself and them—was what he himself learned at the badaryāśrama-hermitage from Nārada. And this was a teaching which Nārada got straight from the Lord. [...]

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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: Vishnu, Hasta.

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Full-text: Shandilya, Abhishekavidhi, Shastravatarana.

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Diksha (initiation) in Pancharatra (by Shanta Srinivasan)

10. Regarding Purnahuti < [Chapter 4 - The Process of Diksha]

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