The Sanskrit term Śabdātmakapramāṇavyūhanirūpaṇa can be transliterated into English as Sabdatmakapramanavyuhanirupana or Shabdatmakapramanavyuhanirupana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Śabdātmakapramāṇavyūhanirūpaṇa (शब्दात्मकप्रमाणव्यूहनिरूपण) (lit. “regarding the manifestation of the divine word”) is the name of the eleventh 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 [śabdātmakapramāṇavyūhanirūpaṇa]: Further continuing to describe how the entire world is sustained by the powers of the Lord, Śiva, having already spoken of the manifestations of the divine śāstras, turns now to verbal proofs and the revealed teachings (śāstra) which point to the ultimate nature of God’s Power at work in the world (3-19). Behind all the earthly manifestations of this teaching, stands the Original Version of the divine teaching which has an infinite number of chapters and contains the essence of everything known by all the human systems (20-48). However, while the Original Version may have been adequate to the information of all creatures during the first (sāttvic) periods of time, when the ages progressed and matters became increasingly less sāttvic and more rājasic and tāmasic, the Original Version had to be promulgated in part by various sages, each one infused by Sudarśana’s Śakti to succeed in spreading his śāstra—Apāntaratapas propounding the three Vedas, Kapila spreading the Sāṃkhya, Hiraṇyagarbha teaching Yoga, Śiva enjoining the Pāśupata and the Lord Himself condensing the purest essence of all from the Original Version and expounding this in the Pāñcarātra (53-62). This latter has as its goal the Liberation of all, and it gets its name Pāñcarātra (63-65) because it is none other than the noblest desire of Viṣṇu Himself as Sudarśana bringing Himself to help effect this saving task in the five-fold nature of Para, Vyūha, Vibhava, etc. (50-65).

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shabdatmakapramanavyuha, Nirupana.

Full-text: Shabdatmakapramana, Shabdatmakapramanavyuha.

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