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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Tulasīmāhātmya (तुलसीमाहात्म्य) or “eulogy of the tulasī (basil) plant” is the name of the sixth 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 [tulasīmāhātmya]: Sutīkṣṇa notes that Agastya sips something from his palm and asks what it is he is doing when he ought instead to be explaining to him about tulasī plants. Agastya replies that the best of all flowers and leaves is tulasī because once Tulasī did penance and received as reward Janārdana (i.e., Nārāyaṇa) for her husband; just as Sītā is the beloved of Rāma so is tulasī holiest to Him (Rāma). Whoever worships Rāma daily with tulasī leaf—no matter what his āśrama—goes to Brahman. Various ways of worshipping Rāma with tulasī leaf are then outlined, and their respective rewards [phala] are mentioned. Wherever tulasī plants grow along with other flowers, there Rāma and Sītā are believed to be present; those who grow these plants in their gardens will win immortality by this act alone. Those who sip only once water which has drenched a sālagrāma-stone and into which tulasī leaves have been dipped go straight to mukti. Further eulogies of the greatness of tulasī leaves and twigs witness to the plant’s ability to give freely to all—irrespective of caste, sex, etc.— final beatitude. So great is it that even God Himself cannot count the greatness of tulasī, of sālagrāma and of the Ganges! Whenever one worships with tulasī plant, one should accompany it with the six-syllable mantra—and to him only the highest good will come.

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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

1) Tulasīmāhātmya (तुलसीमाहात्म्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—L. 2969. K. 24. B. 2, 44. NW. 468. 472. Np. Ix, 36. Bhk. 16. Bhr. 44. 45. Taylor. 1, 53. Oppert. 3633. 5054. 5988. Ii, 114. 2331. Rice. 84.
—from Vāyupurāṇa. Burnell. 193^a.
—from Viṣṇudharmottara. Ben. 47. Poona. 456.
—from Sanatkumārasaṃhitā of Skandapurāṇa. Io. 372. 1856.

2) Tulasīmāhātmya (तुलसीमाहात्म्य):—from the Skandapurāṇa. Ulwar 790.

3) Tulasīmāhātmya (तुलसीमाहात्म्य):—Ak 138. Hz. 797. Peters. 6, 148.
—from the Brahmakhaṇḍa (ch. 22) of the Padmapurāṇa. Bc 9.
—from the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. See Tulasīkavaca.
—from the Viṣṇudharmottara. Peters. 5, 177.

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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: Tulasi, Mahatmya.

Full-text: Tulasikavaca, Ranganathanamaratna, Tulasistotra, Vishnudharmottara, Tulasi, Vayupurana, Padmapurana, Skandapurana.

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