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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: eScholarship: Chapters 1-14 of the Hayasirsa Pancaratra

Devanindaka (देवनिन्दक) refers to “one who abuses the god”, representing an undesirable characteristic of an Ācārya, according to the 9th-century Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra Ādikāṇḍa chapter 3.—The Lord said:—“I will tell you about the Sthāpakas endowed with perverse qualities. He should not construct a temple with those who are avoided in this Tantra. [...] He should not be very sickly, a physician, violent, neglecting the right time, nor abusing the twice-born, respectable elder or the god (devanindaka). A sthāpaka who has these qualities should be avoided. [...] A god enshrined by any of these named above (viz., devanindaka), is in no manner a giver of fruit. If a building for Viṣṇu is made anywhere by these excluded types (viz., devanindaka) then that temple will not give rise to enjoyment and liberation and will yield no reward, of this there is no doubt”.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dēvanindaka (देवनिंदक).—a S That reviles the Hindu gods.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Devanindaka (देवनिन्दक).—a blasphemer, unbeliever, heretic, atheist.

Derivable forms: devanindakaḥ (देवनिन्दकः).

Devanindaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and nindaka (निन्दक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devanindaka (देवनिन्दक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A heretic, an unbeliever, a reviler of the gods. E. deva, and nindaka a calumniator.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Devanindaka (देवनिन्दक):—[=deva-nindaka] [from deva] mfn. idem

2) [v.s. ...] atheist or atheism, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devanindaka (देवनिन्दक):—[deva-nindaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A heretic; atheist, reviler of the gods.

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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: Deva, Nindaka, Teva.

Full-text: Tevanintakan.

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