Dikshabhishekaprakara, Dīkṣābhiṣekaprakāra, Dikshabhisheka-prakara: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Dīkṣābhiṣekaprakāra can be transliterated into English as Diksabhisekaprakara or Dikshabhishekaprakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Dīkṣābhiṣekaprakāra (दीक्षाभिषेकप्रकार) (lit. “concerning dīkṣā-initiation and abhiṣeka-purifications”) is the name of chapter 41 of the Lakṣmītantra: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 3600 Sanskrit verses exclusively devoted to Goddess Lakṣmī or Śrī (the consort of Viṣṇu) besides dealing with cosmology and practical regarding Vaishnava priests and temple-building programs.
Description of the chapter [dīkṣābhiṣekaprakāra]: Indra asks about dīkṣā-initiation (1-2), and Lakṣmī replies by defining the term as that which severs all miseries and gives a comprehensive perception of everything (“dyati kleśakarmādīn īkṣayati akhilam padam”) and saying rites are of three types—sthūla, sūkṣma and para—and that a person may by them become either a Samayin, Putraka, Sādhaka or Ācārya" (3-8). The remainder of the chapter is given over to a step-by-step description of the rites—preparations of the candidate (9-13); winding him in a 3-stranded string with 24 knots (14-18), and later cutting it up and throwing it into the fire (19); contemplation by the initiate of his worldly condition and involvement (20-26); blindfolding him and putting a book in his hand (28 ff.); etc. Initiation according to these rites is called mantradīkṣā (34). An alternative method of initiation is called tattvadīkṣā and this is briefly described (36-59). The dīkṣā-rites are capped by an abhiṣeka-bath (60-63), whereupon the initiate honors his Ācārya and is in turn given the tārikāmantra from his preceptor (64-66).
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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