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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

1) Āgrāyaṇotsava (आग्रायणोत्सव) (lit. “the harvest festival”) is the name of a festival discussed in the twenty-fifth chapter of the Aniruddhasaṃhitā, an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the annual festivals of temples and regular temple worship routines.—Description of the chapter [jayantīkṛttikotsavavidhi]: In addition to the thread-garland festival of the preceding chapter, four other festivals must without fail also be celebrated annually in order to insure the success and validity of all other, regular offerings—namely, Kṛṣṇa’s birthday [jayantyutsava], the lamp festival [kṛttikotsava], a harvest festival [āgrāyaṇotsava] and a cycle of recitations from the Vedas [adhyayanotsava] (1-4 ). Particulars of jayantyutsava (5-27) and of kṛttikotsava (28-49) are given.

2) Āgrayaṇotsava (आग्रयणोत्सव) is the name of a festival, as discussed in the twelfth chapter of the Īśvarasaṃhitā (printed edition), a Pāñcarātra work in 8200 verses and 24 chapters dealing with topics such as routines of temple worship, major and minor festivals, temple-building and initiation.—Description of the chapter [pakṣotsava-vidhi]: [...] The remainder of the chapter is devoted to describing in more detail some of these, and other, festivals; [e.g., āgrayaṇotsava (143b-160)] [...].

3) Āgrayaṇotsava (आग्रयणोत्सव) is the name of a Festival which is celebrated in Ṣrāvaṇa, Kārtika or Āśvayuja (August/September or October/ November), as discussed in chapter 14 (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 [pavitra-ādi-utsava-vidhi]: Brahmā wants to know about the festivals that are to be observed during the various months of the year. [...] The next festival discussed is the one called āgrayaṇotsava, which comes during the months of śrāvaṇa or kārtika or āśvayuja (August/September or October/ November) (168-1742). How to collect the grains (174b-177a), how these are to be carried to the temple (177b-178), how and where they will be stored after the procession, and what mantras must be chanted as well as how to prepare the havis (179-185) are among the details given.

4) Āgrayaṇotsava (आग्रयणोत्सव) is the name of ceremony listed under festivals (utsava) and observances (vratas), as discussed in chapter 8 of the Viṣṇutilakasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 3500 Sanskrit verses covering the typically “agamic” subjects which are being narrated by Brahmā to a number of sages.—[Cf. chapter 8]: Brahmā speaks to the other sages and says he will now relate what the Lord told him about utsava-festivals. An utsava-occasion is always preceded by a flag-raising ceremony of dhvajārohaṇa. Then follows miscellaneous listing of a number of other utsavas and vratas: [e.g., āgrayaṇotsava (278-282)] [...]

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Utsava, Agrayana.

Full-text: Agrayana, Krittikotsava, Jayantikrittikotsavavidhi, Samvatsarotsava, Jayantyutsava, Samvatsarotsavavidhi.

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