The Sanskrit term Saṃprokṣaṇavidhi can be transliterated into English as Samproksanavidhi or Samprokshanavidhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Open Editions: The architectural teachings of Ajitagama and Rauravagama

Saṃprokṣaṇavidhi (संप्रोक्षणविधि) [=saṃprokṣaṇavidhiḥ] is the name of chapter 71 of the Kriyāpāda of the Ajitāgama, an important Śaiva Siddhānta treatises dealing with detailed descriptions of the architecture of Śiva temples.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: Wisdom Library: Pāñcarātra

Saṃprokṣaṇavidhi (संप्रोक्षणविधि) [=saṃprokṣaṇavidhiḥ] is the name of the twenty-ninth chapter of the Aniruddhasaṃhitā: an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama scripture in thirty-four chapters dealing with the varieties of worships, administration of sciences, rājadharma, town planning, expiation, installation of images, the rules regarding the construction of images, etc.

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Saṃprokṣaṇavidhi (संप्रोक्षणविधि) (lit. “rules for purification ceremonies”) is the name of the twenty-ninth chapter of the Aniruddhasaṃhitā, an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the annual festivals of temples and regular temple worship routines.—Description of the chapter [saṃprokṣaṇavidhi]: When ominous phenomena (1-4) threaten, when inauspicious defilements or lapses in worship occur (12-18), certain kinds of ceremonies are required. In the first case, these threats are considered to be averted by giving baths to the idols [abhiṣeka], etc. (5-11) ; in the second case, involving interruption of Pāñcarātra forms of worship, much more elaborate ceremonies [saṃprokṣaṇa] are required in order to rectify the damages done (19-23).

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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

Saṃprokṣaṇavidhi (संप्रोक्षणविधि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from the Tantrasāra. Paris. (B 314 Iv).

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

Samprokṣaṇavidhi (सम्प्रोक्षणविधि):—[=sam-prokṣaṇa-vidhi] [from sam-prokṣaṇa > sam-prokṣ] m. 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: Samprokshana, Vidhi, Viti.

Ends with: Harmyasamprokshanavidhi, Vishnupratimasamprokshanavidhi.

Full-text: Samprokshana, Vishnupratimasamprokshanavidhi, Avartapratishtha, Punaravarta, Antarita, Anavarta, Avarta, Sarvadosha, Bhubhuptaprayashcitta, Sarvadoshaprayashcitta, Bhubhupta, Bhubhuptaprayashcittavidhi, Tantrasara.

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