Alternative spellings of this word include Vichitrarachana.

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Vicitraracanā (विचित्ररचना) refers to the “diverse forms of creation”, according to the Śrīmatottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “Then (after that comes the fourth sacred seat [i.e., Kāmarūpa] which) is in the locus of the heart and is surrounded by eight energies, namely Mohā, Āvṛtā, Prakāśyā, Kiraṇā, Rāgavatī, Hṛṣṭā, Puṣṭī, and Krodhā. One should know that it is located in the Wheel of the Heart surrounded by (this) group of energies set around it anticlockwise. (Brilliant) like the rising sun, its purpose is the emanation of the (many) diverse and true Yoginīs by means of (the energy) who (is full of the) attachment and passion (kāma) that comes from the joy of the heart [i.e., hṛdayāhlāda] (generated) by the countless energies of (the divine) will in order to (emanate) the many and diverse forms of creation [i.e., nānā-vicitraracanā]. [...]”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram (shaivism)

Vicitraracanā (विचित्ररचना) refers to the “diverse deployment of all things”, according to the Mahānayaprakāśa by Arṇasiṃha (Cf. verse 182-197).—Accordingly, “He who is one, supreme and whose glorious power is the unfolding of the first (impulse of the) cosmogenic imagination who, undivided, constantly withdraws into (himself) the womb (of emanation) and the diverse deployment of all things (vicitraracanā), that is, the perception of individual differences, as does the tortoise its limbs, is the one called Kūrmanātha who is free of the obscuration of thought constructs”.

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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.

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Partial matches: Racana, Vicitra.

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