The Sanskrit term Pūjādravyaśuddhi can be transliterated into English as Pujadravyasuddhi or Pujadravyashuddhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Pūjādravyaśuddhi (पूजाद्रव्यशुद्धि) or “purification of the materials for worship” is the name of the thirteenth chapter of the Agastyasaṃhitā (agastya-suīkṣṇa-saṃvāda edition), an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the worship of Rāma, Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa and Hanumān.

Description of the chapter [pūjādravyaśuddhi]: Aagstya continues to describe the preliminary preparations for the worship of Rāma—that is, after having attended to all the preceding, to purify now the articles of worship with water and mudrās and mantras. There are five kinds of purifications mentioned: by prokṣaṇa, by avokṣaṇa, by vīkṣaṇa, by tāḍana and by arcana. This matter attended to, then the idol itself is purified by bathing it in liquids from four pots (milk, curd, coconut water, perfumed waters), whereupon a second bath is given in pure water. It is pointed out that whosoever does such bathing of the Lord daily will reap great rewards.

Then the worshipper and the Lord thus readied, daily worship is commenced. This is comprised of 16 steps [upacāras]— eleven of which are named and briefly described.

The latter part of the chapter is focussed on a miscellany of counsels: the entrance-deities are to be worshipped before Rāma; mantras in yantra-designs are to be worshipped also; several homas are to be done; when Rāma is worshipped in a sālagrāma-stone it is most effective ; only some flowers, and they only when perfect, are to be used in pūjā; some places are to be avoided for pūjā, others to be sought because favourable; Rāma worship is to be done with leaves and flowers and water and, above all, with devotion; etc., etc.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shuddhi, Pujadravya.

Full-text: Pujadravya, Arcana, Tadana, Vikshana, Avokshana, Prokshana.

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