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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Yogāṅgayamaniyamāsananirūpaṇa (योगाङ्गयमनियमासननिरूपण) (lit. “regarding the subsidiaries of Yoga—yama, niyama and āsana”) is the name of the thirty-first chapter of the Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā, a Pāñcarātra work in 60 chapters dealing with topics such as Viṣṇu’s discus-power, the processes of creation and esoteric practices related to Sudarśana (such as mantras and yantras).—Description of the chapter [yogāṅgayamaniyamāsananirūpaṇa]: Nārada says that having heard about liturgical worship, he now wants to know how worship can be done mentally in silent sacrifice. Ahirbudhnya says this kind of worship is perhaps the most important of all—since it involves offering oneself with sacrificial devotion. Thereupon, he tells that the discipline that leads to ultimate release brings about union of the Ātman with the paramātman by the method of following the eight aṅgas of Yoga (1-14). The first thing that one must accomplish is yama (15-23). Then must come mastery of niyama-practice (24-30a). Thereupon he names twelve different āsanas, yogic postures which the aspirant may assume in practice (30b-47).

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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: Nirupana.

Full-text: Yoganga.

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