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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Isvara Samhita Vol 1

Kāntātma (कान्तात्म) refers to one of the various Vibhava manifestations according to the Īśvarasaṃhitā 24.276-279.—Accordingly, “one shall think of God who took to the form (body) of a beloved, whose eyes are afflicted by infatuation (for Śrī) or excitement, in whom youthfulness has appeared, shining like a blossomed red lotus who does not leave off His recollection causing wonder to the three worlds, he shines with his face filled with the nectar-like bliss which has a splendour like that of the moon with which He shines resting on His hand in the form of a pitcher, who slays the face of Gods with the arrows of graceful looks and arrows of speech and whose hand is like the creeper of the mango tree filled with swarms of bees”.

These Vibhavas (e.g., Kāntātma) represent the third of the five-fold manifestation of the Supreme Consciousness the Pāñcarātrins believe in. Note: Kāntā (“beloved”) here refers to the form of a woman which Viṣṇu took while distributing nectar to Gods and Demons.

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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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