Vyapakamantra, Vyapaka-mantra, Vyāpakamantra: 1 definition

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In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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Source: archive.org: Isvara Samhita Vol 5

Vyāpakamantra (व्यापकमन्त्र) refers to a set of four mantras to be uttered during the fourfold washing of rice (śāli), according verse 25.86b-87a of the 8th-century Īśvarasaṃhitā. Accordingly, “rice and others are to be washed four times with the water purified with cloth uttering the four vyāpakamantras”.

The four vyāpakamantras are:

  1. Praṇava-mantra,
  2. Aṣṭākṣara-mantra,
  3. Ṣaḍakṣara-mantra,
  4. Dvādaśākṣara-mantra.
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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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