Appendix: Glossary of Pancaratra terms

dream, and deep sleep are represented in the yantra. The pupil has to understand them and get such parts purified. It is only then that the real position of sakti could be understood. The tattva adhvan consists of twenty five tattvas, Bhuvana adhvan are seven higher regions Padā adhvans are seven nether regions. Kalā adhvan is wrongly spilt as kāla adhvān and so must mean, year, month, fortnight. The temple represents the body of god. Adhvans are shown to have their pervasin with the temple so that the courses persuade the entire body of the universe. Bhuvanaadhvan of the temple is represented by the area from the foundation of the temple to the base. Padā adhvan from this upto the height of the gurbha gṛha (sanctum sanctorum). Mantra adhvans upto the sukanāsi, tattva adhvan vedika, kalā adhvan upto the neck and varna adhvan from there to the height temple. 6. Aṅkurārpana- Ankura means sprout, shoot arpaṇa that is placing (the seed) in the pālikais for sprouting of the shoot. In Aṅkurārpana usually pālikā, ghatika and sarāva are the three 195