Mahanirajanadipa, Mahānīrājanadīpa, Mahanirajana-dipa: 1 definition
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General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: ACHC: Smarta PujaMahānīrājanadīpa (महानीराजनदीप) refers to offering the “great lamp for waving”, representing one of the various services (upacāra) of a pūjā (ritualistic worship of a deity) which aim at the purification of the devotee.—Before the offering of the naivedya a lamp fed with ghee had been offered to and waved in front of the icon (cf. dīpa). Here again a ghee lamp and or pieces of burning camphor are waved (mahānīrājanadīpa). A lamp (Mar. niranjan) with at least two wicks, or a plate carrying five wick lamps (pañcārati; cf. illustration) is vertically rotated clockwise in front of the icon. The burning camphor—which is believed to have purificatory qualities and expel evil—is burnt in a small fish-shaped dish (Mar. karpūrpātra) and is rotated in the same manner.
This act of waving is here called nīrājana (in other places also nirajanā) or ārtikya (Mar./Hindi: ārati; also Sanskritized into aratrika, ārārtika). The word ārati is especially used with reference to the waving of a lamp or camphor which is accompanied by singing of metrical compositions in regional languages. Such a composition is also known as āratī.
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