Alternative spellings of this word include Bahyarchana.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Bāhyārcana (बाह्यार्चन) refers to “external worship”, according to verse 1.38 of the Śivayogadīpikā by Sadāśivayogīśvara: a text dealing with Śaivism and Haṭhayoga in two hundred and eighty-nine verses.—Accordingly, “There are two types of worship of Śiva; internal and external yoga. In the internal [yoga], worship is foremost, and it has been called external worship (bāhyārcana-uditā)”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Bāhyārcana (बाह्यार्चन) refers to “liturgical worship”, as discussed in chapter 3 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.—Description of the chapter [varṇāśrama-dharmanirūpaṇa]: [...] Actual liturgical worship [bāhyārcana] is described step-by-step—how vessels are cleansed and arranged, how the yogapīṭha is to be made and arranged, worship of Acyuta (Viṣṇu) on the pīṭha, how to do nyāsas, mudrās, etc., and how to offer flowers, liquids, decorations, etc. indeed all the parts of all the āsanas are given [snānāsana, alaṅkārāsana, bhojyāsana, mantrāsana; also śayanāsana?] (299b-417). [A special section on the liturgy of temple worship is inserted here-418-442]. After liturgical worship (bāhyārcana) is finished, anuyāga routines of food-gathering and feeding are to be attended to; only after this may a man himself eat, and then only by following certain ideal habits (443-467). [....]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Arcana, Bahya.

Full-text: Arcana, Anuyaga, Ijya, Varnashramadharmanirupana.

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