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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Netronmīlana (नेत्रोन्मीलन) refers to “opening the idol’s eyes”, according to the fifth chapter of the Agastyasaṃhitā (agastya-brahma-saṃvāda edition), an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with typical Pāñcarātra concepts such as the Vyūhas.—[Cf. the chapter pratiṣṭhāvidhi]:—[...] Pots are to be placed on a maṇḍala-design, and into them the presence of certain gods are to be invoked with mantras. Homa is done, and after kautukabandha has been done to the icon’s right wrist, the icon is taken to a snāna-maṇḍapa for several baths. During these bathing rites, the idol’s eyes are ritually “opened” [netronmīlana] (18b-64a).

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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

nētrōnmīlana (नेत्रोन्मीलन).—n S A rite in dakṣiṇācāra -worship. See cakṣurūnmīlana. 2 Opening the eyes gen.

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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.

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Partial matches: Netra, Unmilana.

Full-text: Snanamandapa, Jaladhivasa, Pratishthavidhi.

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