The Sanskrit term Pātālaśayana can be transliterated into English as Patalasayana or Patalashayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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Pātālaśayana (पातालशयन) refers to one of the various Vibhava manifestations according to the Īśvarasaṃhitā 24.355-359.—Accordingly, “God Pātālaśayana is to be meditated upon, who is the reality on which all other realities are based, who is full ofall powers, all pervading, shining with the qualities of all the sense organs, benefit of all sense organs who is below all the worlds with no exception reclining on the bed of Ananta (Ādiśeṣa) having the radiance of the fire of deluge (at the end of deluge) having the rows of blazing fires, surrounded by the flames of fire and by the embodied forms of the groups of weapon, discus and other. Lakṣmī stands at His feet of the Lord, Cintā to His right, Nidrā at the place of His head and Puṣṭi stands to his left.”.

These Vibhavas (e.g., Pātālaśayana) represent the third of the five-fold manifestation of the Supreme Consciousness the Pāñcarātrins believe in. Note: Kṛṣṇa is represented here more as a guide and instructor of people than as a child in Gokula.

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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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