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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Pavitrāropaṇavidhāna (पवित्रारोपणविधान) (lit. “regarding the offering to the lord of the sacred thread”) is the name of chapter 12 (Kriyākāṇḍa) of the Pārameśvarasaṃhitā: an important Pāñcarātra text of 8700 verses followed closely by the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam—dealing with priestly concerns such as their daily routines, occasional liturgies and expiatory services.

Description of the chapter [pavitrāropaṇavidhāna]: Sanaka asks how to atone for a lapse in service to God and how to absolve people from their sins. He is told by Śāṇḍilya that so long as the lapse and/or sin was unintentional—“the pavitrāropaṇa the offering to the Lord of the purificatory sacred thread” should by all means be done for it is the best of all prāyaścitta-penances (1-17). The time for doing this in the cāturmāsya-period is discussed (18-44). The preparations are elaborate, and include construction of a yāgaśālā-area, preparation of altars, attending to decorations and placing appropriate pots (45-111), whereupon such matters as making the Pavitra-thread garlands themselves are turned to (112-190). The ceremony of pavitrāropaṇa is briefly described step-by-step, including a maṇḍala-worship followed by garlanding the icons with the pavitra-thread and a short pūjā-ceremony—marking the end of the first day’s activities (191-351a). The second day’s proceedings are outlined with pūjā-worship first to kumbhas (pots), then to the maṇḍala-design and then, after worship of the iconic forms, an agnihoma (oblation in fire) is performed. Invoking the presence of God in all the threads, the latter are then distributed to the various deities, to the Kumbha, Maṇḍala, icons etc. (351b-439). After this, gifts and feasting of Brahmans, Vaikhānasas, Yatis and Vaiṣṇavas are to be gone through. All this is to be accompanied with the recitation of Vedas and Stotras (hymns), music, éclat and a joyous air. After petitioning God’s satisfaction (451-453), the ceremonies draw to a close (440- 456).

After discoursing briefly on the etymological meaning of pavitra (457- 463), indicating that its main theme is that of purification, removal of and protection from evils and evil consequences, the narrative turns to miscellaneous matters connected with the rites—aṅkurārpaṇa-germinations (445), permission and directions for a domestic version of the pavitra-rites (505-507), and the rewards for those who participate in various ways (509-603).

The remainder of the chapter, having dealt so far with “the best of all” prāyaścitta-penances, now turns to a general discussion of prāyaścitta. These are classified into nine types according to how elaborate their rituals are, or according to how many “days” [40, 30, 20, 15] are required to perform them (606-617a).

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Pavitrāropaṇavidhāna (पवित्रारोपणविधान) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] the rite, in the month Śrāvaṇa, of casting new threads around an idol to sanctify them, and of thence taking them to wear. Rice. 206.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pavitrāropaṇavidhāna (पवित्रारोपणविधान):—[=pavitrāropaṇa-vidhāna] [from pavitrāropaṇa > pavitra > pava] n. Name of [work]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Vidhana, Pavitraropana.

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