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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Brahmāstrādimantrasvarūpanirūpaṇa (ब्रह्मास्त्रादिमन्त्रस्वरूपनिरूपण) (lit. “the section dealing with the nature of the brahmāstra, etc”) is the name of the thirty-fourth chapter of the Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā, a Pāñcarātra work in 60 chapters dealing with topics such as Viṣṇu’s discus-power, the processes of creation and esoteric practices related to Sudarśana (such as mantras and yantras).—Description of the chapter [brahmāstrādimantrasvarūpanirūpaṇa]: Nārada remembers that the mystic weapons were said to have had their source in Sudarśana, so he asks now about these astra-weapons. Ahirbudhnya at first hesitates to hand on such information—but then relents by giving one-by-one some sixty-one spells which, by the power invested in them by Sudarśana’s ever-active energy, can act as offensive or defensive weapons of a mystic kind. Each one of these astra-mantras has a characteristic mnemonic sound associated with it (1-105).

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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: Nirupana.

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