Vishvamitriyatantra, Viśvāmitrīyatantra, Vishvamitriya-tantra: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Viśvāmitrīyatantra can be transliterated into English as Visvamitriyatantra or Vishvamitriyatantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsViśvāmitrīyatantra (विश्वामित्रीयतन्त्र) is another name for the Viśvāmitrasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2600 Sanskrit verses covering topics such as initiation (dīkṣā) and the construction, decoration and consecration of temples and icons, as well as routines of regular and special worship cycles.—Description of the chapter [upodghāta-adhikāra]: The work opens with a description of Viśvāmitra’s hermitage, situated in an idyllic setting, where the sage resides (1-21). [...] He is approached by Kāśyapa who seeks to know the Highest Wisdom by which he may be guided across the ocean of transmigration (29-44). Viśvāmitra acknowledges that the instruction he is going to give Kāśyapa came to him first from Brahmā [...]. Brahmā saidthat because the Pañcarātra will henceforth be promulgated on earth by none other than Viśvāmitra, it will henceforth be named after him that is, it shall be known as the “Viśvāmitrīyatantra” (78-81a). Viśvāmitra, having told Kāśyapa this much, now says that this knowledge is to be given to him, since all Viśvāmitra had thus far been waiting for was the arrival of a proper recipient (81b-83).
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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