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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: eScholarship: Chapters 1-14 of the Hayasirsa Pancaratra

Saṃkaraja (संकरज) refers to “one who is born of mixed marriage ”, representing an undesirable characteristic of an Ācārya, according to the 9th-century Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra Ādikāṇḍa chapter 3.—The Lord said:—“I will tell you about the Sthāpakas endowed with perverse qualities. He should not construct a temple with those who are avoided in this Tantra. [...] He with whom one constructs a temple should not be a Śaiva, or a Saura, nor a Naiṣṭhika, nor a naked one, nor born of mixed marriage (saṃkaraja), nor unclean, old, or one who is of a despicable form or marked by great sin. [...] A god enshrined by any of these named above (viz., saṃkaraja), is in no manner a giver of fruit. If a building for Viṣṇu is made anywhere by these excluded types (viz., saṃkaraja) then that temple will not give rise to enjoyment and liberation and will yield no reward, of this there is no doubt”.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃkaraja (संकरज).—a. born from a mixed caste; वृथासंकरजातानां (vṛthāsaṃkarajātānāṃ) ...... निवर्तेतोदकक्रिया (nivartetodakakriyā) Manusmṛti 5.89.

Saṃkaraja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saṃkara and ja (ज). See also (synonyms): saṃkarajāta.

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

Saṃkaraja (संकरज):—[=saṃ-kara-ja] [from saṃ-kara > saṃ-kṝ] mfn. born from a mixed caste, [Catalogue(s)]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ja, Shankara.

Starts with: Samkarajata, Samkarajati, Samkarajatiya, Shamkarajaya.

Full-text: Samkarajata.

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