Haribhaktijnananirupana, Haribhaktijñānanirūpaṇa, Haribhaktijnana-nirupana: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsHaribhaktijñānanirūpaṇa (हरिभक्तिज्ञाननिरूपण) (lit. “a delineation of devotion to Hari and knowledge”) is the name of the third chapter [second book] of the Jñānāmṛtasārasaṃhita: a Pāñcarātra text representing a sectarian glorification of Kṛṣṇa and Rādha (i.e., the cult of Radha-Krishna) dated among the latest of the Saṃhitā-type works.
Description of the chapter [haribhaktijñānanirūpaṇa]: Nārada asks Mahādeva more about devotion that is coupled with knowledge, so that he might know better how to love the Lord. Śiva protests that what he asks is very difficult to outline, and proceeds then to praise Kṛṣṇa as the superlative of a number of qualities, activities and powers (1-17). Nārada asks then about Rādhā, her birth, her glories and her place of abode (18). The (somewhat discursive) answer commences by going back to the origin of creation, outlining the sport of Kṛṣṇa among the Gopīs, and finally how Rādhā emerged from viṣṇu-māyā and caused other aspects of creation to proceed (19-45.)
Nārada asks for more details about other wonderful things regarding the characters of gods and their consorts, and the answer dwells upon Rādhā again (with a marked usage of Sāṃkhya terminology shown here—46-68). Nārada interjects, asking about the uses of the rādhāmantra—which turns out also to be the 6-syllable mahāvidyā, the powers of which are remarkable and praiseworthy (69-97). Two other mantras—a 14-syllable variant and a 10-syailable variant—are given toward the end of the chapter (98-105).
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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Partial matches: Nirupana.
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