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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

1) Saṃvatsarotsavavidhi (संवत्सरोत्सवविधि) (lit. “rules for (the fifth of the) yearly festivals”) is the name of the twenty-seventh 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 [saṃvatsarotsavavidhi]: The fifth annual festival enjoined is a harvest festival, āgrāyaṇotsava. In January-February, when grain is ready for cutting, a procession is to be made to the field with an icon of Hanumān, Viṣvaksena or Garuḍa. After cutting ceremonies, the bundles of grain are brought back to the temple (1-8). There, token offerings are made, the grain is pounded to a powder, and a food preparation is made. This preparation is offered first to the deity, then distributed to the faithful, followed by concluding ceremonies. This festival is undertaken to promote better future crops (9-36a).

2) Saṃvatsarotsavavidhi (संवत्सरोत्सवविधि) (lit. “in regard to the annual festival cycle”) is the name of chapter 27 of the Puruṣottamasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text consisting of more than 1800 verses devoted to temple-building and the practical concerns of the Pāñcarātra priestly community.

Description of the chapter [saṃvatsarotsavavidhi]: Bhagavān says that the (liturgical) year starts with the vasanta season. On the first day of this—to satisfy the deity who is guardian of that period—the vasantotsava festival is celebrated (1-3). In the first month—“caitra” [April-May]—of vasanta-season, the birth commemorations for Rāma are held (4-6a). In “caitra”-month also are to be the damanotsava-celebrations (6b-8a) and the birth commemorations of Nṛsiṃha (8b-10a). In the second half of vasanta- season, namely in “vaiśākha”-month [May-June], are to be celebrated kalhārotsava (10b-12a), Vāmana’s birth commemorations (126-13a), and Hanuman’s birth commemorations (136-142). Then, in “āṣāḍha”-month [July-August] is to be celebrated svāpotsava (the Lord going to sleep) (14b-16) which lasts four months. In the “śrāvaṇa”-month [August-September] is to be commemorated Kṛṣṇa’s birth (17-2ca); in “bhadrapada”-month [September-October] Varāha’s birth (2cb-21). In “āśvayuja” month [October-November], Vīralakṣmī is to be honored by a nine-day festival during the nights (22-25); and this is followed on the tenth day evening by the vijayadaśami-utsava festivities (25b-30). In the same month dīpāvalyutsava is to be done after having celebrated the night before the death of Naraka (31-36).

In “kārtika”-month [November-December] the bodhanotsava rites of “waking the Lord” after his four month rest are celebrated (37-39) followed soon after by kṛttikādīpotsava (39b-45). In “dhanurmāsa”-month [December-January] there are to be special pūjās at dawn all month (46-47a) and in the afternoons of 20 days of this same month are to be the festival observances called adhyayanotsava (47b-50), ‘the recital of sacred texts’. In “māgha-māsa” month [ February-March], tilapadmotsava is to be done on the fifth day of the bright fortnight (51-59a). In “phālguna”-month [March- April] mahālakṣmyutsava is celebrated (595-66).

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

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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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Partial matches: Samvatsarotsava, Vidhi, Vitti.

Full-text (+13): Samvatsarotsava, Phalgunamasa, Mahalakshmyutsava, Mahalakshmi, Ashadhamasa, Tilapadmotsava, Maghamasa, Bodhanotsava, Bodhana, Dipavalyutsava, Phalguna, Dhanus, Dipavali, Krittikadipa, Vijayadashamyutsava, Tilapadma, Vijayadashami, Dhanurmasa, Krittikadipotsava, Viralakshmi.

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