Adhyayanotsavavidhi, Adhyayanotsava-vidhi: 1 definition

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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Adhyayanotsavavidhi (अध्ययनोत्सवविधि) (lit. “rules for the cycle of Vedic recitations”) is the name of the twenty-sixth chapter of the Aniruddhasaṃhitā, an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the annual festivals of temples and regular temple worship routines.—Description of the chapter [adhyayanotsavavidhi]: Picking up from where the preceding chapter broke off, the opening ślokas of this chapter outline the methods for celebrating some concluding routines [nīrājana] which are part of the kṛttikotsava but which are done on the day following the main celebrations (1-27). The remainder of the chapter takes up when and how praises to God through the recitation of the Vedas [adhyayanotsava] are to be undertaken on an annual basis (18-24).

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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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