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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: Wisdom Library: Pāñcarātra

Aniruddhasaṃhitā (अनिरुद्धसंहिता) is the name of a Pāñcarātra Āgama scripture dealing with the varieties of worships, administration of sciences, rājadharma, town planning, etc.

Source: archive.org: A History of Indian Philosophy (pancaratra)

Aniruddhasaṃhitā (अनिरुद्धसंहिता) [i.e., aniruddhasaṃhitā-mahopaniṣad] contains thirty-four chapters and deals entirely with descriptions of various rituals, methods of initiation, expiation, installation of images, the rules regarding the construction of images, etc.

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Aniruddhasaṃhitā (अनिरुद्धसंहिता) is a general work of thirty-four short- to medium-length chapters, altogether comprising almost 1800 granthas. It is noteworthy among the saṃhitās of similar length for the attention it gives to the annual festival cycle at a Pāñcarātra-oriented temple; this and the sections outlining regular temple worship routines account for over half the bulk of the text. Of the remainder, well over half of that is devoted to the concerns of temple-building, icon-making and sanctification ceremonies. Attention is also given to initiation procedures and to ethical behavior enjoined upon aspirants, initiates, preceptors and others. [...] The narrative framework is in the form of a resume by the sage Bhṛgu to other sages of what the Lord (Bhagavān) taught him in His aspect as Aniruddha. Thus Bhṛgu occasionally quotes Bhagavān during the long passages of instructions he hands on to the assembled audience of sages.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Aniruddhasaṃhitā (अनिरुद्धसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—paur. Oppert. 4983. 5325. Ii, 3956.

2) Aniruddhasaṃhitā (अनिरुद्धसंहिता):—quoted in Jayantīnirṇaya. L.. 624.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Aniruddha, Samhita.

Full-text (+71): Yantravidhana, Shastraprashamsa, Cakrabjamandala, Jaladhivasa, Kundavidhi, Ankurarpana, Rajalakshana, Shastradikshavidhi, Sadacaravidhi, Acaryalakshana, Damanaropana, Krittikotsava, Samaradhanavidhi, Samaradhana, Adhyayanotsava, Dhvajarohana, Mahotsavavidhi, Beralakshana, Shastravatarana, Pratishthavidhi.

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