Nityarcanavidhikalpa, Nityārcanavidhikalpa, Nityarcana-vidhikalpa: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Nityarcanavidhikalpa.
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Nityārcanavidhikalpa (नित्यार्चनविधिकल्प) (lit. “rules in regard to regular rituals”) is the name of chapter 9 of the Bhāradvājasaṃhitā or “Bhāradvāja-kaṇva-saṃhitā”: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 230 ślokas mainly concerned with basic details concerning temple construction and icon consecration.
Description of chapter [nityārcanavidhikalpa]: Bharadvāja outlines the daily routine of the Arcaka from his rising in the morning. After himself bathing, he brings water for the Lord’s bath and, completing prāṇāyāma-exercises and purification of the compound-precincts, brings five vessels. He offers mantrāsana-honors, snānāsana-honors, alaṅkārāsana-honors, food, the lamp-rite. Arghya and food offerings need be done in evening time only.
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: Nityarcana.
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