Alternative spellings of this word include Devatarchana.

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Devatārcana (देवतार्चन) refers to the “worship of the Gods (in, on and around the vimāna)”, as discussed in the third chapter of the Īśvarasaṃhitā (printed edition), a Pāñcarātra work in 8200 verses and 24 chapters dealing with topics such as routines of temple worship, major and minor festivals, temple-building and initiation.—Description of the chapter [vimāna-devatārcana-vidhi]: Despite the title, this chapter deals with the details of the materials and utensils, procedures and motions of liturgical worship [bāhyayāga], viz., water and water-pots (14-29a, 89b); [...]. The closing ślokas (189-194) tell how to construct the mantra for any given temple and its deity, with a eulogy for those who perform worship-rituals with correctness and piety.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dēvatārcana (देवतार्चन).—n (S) corruptly dēvatārjana n Worship of a god or idol. 2 The vessels and other necessaries of worship.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

dēvatārcana (देवतार्चन).—n dēvatārjana a Worship of a god or idol.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devatārcana (देवतार्चन).—[neuter] worship of the gods.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devatārcana (देवतार्चन):—[from devatā > deva] (tār) n. worship of the g°, [Kāvya literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Devatarcana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Arcana, Devata.

Starts with: Devatarcanakrama, Devatarcanapaddhati, Devatarcanavidhi.

Ends with: Devadevatarcana, Vimanadevatarcana.

Full-text: Devatarcanakrama, Devatarcanavidhi, Devadevatarcana, Ratna.

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