Angamantrasadhana, Aṅgamantrasādhana, Angamantra-sadhana: 1 definition

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In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Aṅgamantrasādhana (अङ्गमन्त्रसाधन) (lit. “a disciplined program for employing aṅgamantras”) is the name of the twenty-eighth 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 [aṅgamantrasādhana]:—Here Bhagavān says he will treat of the mantras which are directed to the “limbs” of the devotee who then sees his limbs as analogous to the “Limbs” of the Lord—the mastery of which leads to certain powers. First, he treats of the hṛtmantra (2-15), the śiromantra (16-40), the śikhāmantra (41-70a), the kavacamantra (70b-98a), the netramantra (98b-127), and astramantra (128-158a).

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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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