Pranayakalahotsavadipancaparvantavidhi, Praṇayakalahotsavādipañcaparvāntavidhi, Pranayakalahotsavadipancaparvanta-vidhi: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Pranayakalahotsavadipancaparvantavidhi.
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Praṇayakalahotsavādipañcaparvāntavidhi (प्रणयकलहोत्सवादिपञ्चपर्वान्तविधि) (lit. “rules for the festival of the quarrel, and others, up to monthly birth commemorations”) is the name of chapter 48 of the Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.
Description of the chapter [praṇayakalahotsavādipañcaparvāntavidhi]: In the summer months [makara-month to mīna-month], to commemorate the argument that ensues after Viṣṇu abruptly left Lakṣmī to save a bhakta-devotee, a festival called kalahotsava is held in which the Lord is “locked out” of the temple after a procession. The Arcaka acts as intermediary between the waiting Lord and the thrice adamant Lakṣmī (1-36). In addition devotees should celebrate the birthdays of various incarnations of God, especially the ten avatāras—Rāma, Varāha, Nṛsiṃha, Balarāma, Kūrma, Kalkin, Vāmana, Paraśurāma, Matsya and Vāsudeva [Kṛṣṇa]—each at its particular time (37-58). In any given month, certain days are set apart to afford the Lord a procession—usually five but sometimes six times a month, all dependent upon certain calendric or lunar considerations (59-68).
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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