Jayantyutsava, Jayantī-utsava, Jayanti-utsava: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
1) Jayantyutsava (जयन्त्युत्सव) (lit. “the festival of Kṛṣṇa’s birthday”) is the name of a festival which is celebrated during August-September, as discussed in the twenty-fifth chapter of the Aniruddhasaṃhitā, an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the annual festivals of temples and regular temple worship routines.—Description of the chapter [jayantīkṛttikotsavavidhi]: In addition to the thread-garland festival of the preceding chapter, four other festivals must without fail also be celebrated annually in order to insure the success and validity of all other, regular offerings—namely, Kṛṣṇa’s birthday [jayantyutsava], the lamp festival [kṛttikotsava], a harvest festival [āgrāyaṇotsava] and a cycle of recitations from the Vedas [adhyayanotsava] (1-4 ). Particulars of jayantyutsava (5-27) and of kṛttikotsava (28-49) are given.
2) Jayantyutsava (जयन्त्युत्सव) refers to the “festival of Kṛṣṇa’s birthday”, as discussed in the thirteenth chapter of the Īśvarasaṃhitā (printed edition), a Pāñcarātra work in 8200 verses and 24 chapters dealing with topics such as routines of temple worship, major and minor festivals, temple-building and initiation.—Description of the chapter [sakalotsava-vidhi]: The following festivals are enumerated and described in this chapter: kṛṣṇajanmadinotsava or jayantyutsava (1-86); Rāma’s, Narasiṃha’s and Varāha’s birthdays—which are celebrated in much the same way as the preceding (86-90); [...]. The chapter concludes with a list of rewards for those who see to the celebrations of these festival-occasions (263-266a).
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: Utsava, Jayanti.
Full-text (+7): Krittikotsava, Jayantikrittikotsavavidhi, Jayanti, Ramajanmadinotsava, Ramajanmadina, Narasimhajanmadinotsava, Narasimhajanmadina, Narasimhajanma, Narasimhajanmotsava, Varahajanmadinotsava, Varahajanmadina, Varahajanma, Varahajanmotsava, Hamsamalamantra, Hamsamala, Sakalotsava, Agrayana, Janmadinotsava, Krishnajanmadinotsava, Krishnajanmadina.
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