Utpattiphala, Utpatti-phala: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsUtpattiphala (उत्पत्तिफल) refers to the “results of the creation (of the aspects of God)”, as discussed in chapter 2 (Jñānapāda) of the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—[Cf. the chapter mūrti-utpattiphala]: [...] God is described as He is in His Unmanifested, Primary State [nirupama-jyotis] (6b-10), from which was born [jāta] Vāsudeva; and from this two-handed Vāsudeva a second four-handed Vāsudeva was born holding the cakra-weapon which protects the world, the lotus from which creation proceeds, the conch which calls all to salvation and the club that destroys creation (11-14, 37). [...]
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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