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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Tattvanyāsa (तत्त्वन्यास) (or simply Tattva) refers to one of the Nyāsas performed during the Bhūtaśuddhi (“purification of the spirits”), according to the eleventh chapter of the Agastyasaṃhitā (agastya-suīkṣṇa-saṃvāda edition), an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the worship of Rāma, Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa and Hanumān.—[Cf. the bhūtaśuddhi]

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tattvanyāsa (तत्त्वन्यास).—Name of a ceremony performed in honour of Viṣṇu consisting in the application of mystical letters or other marks to different parts of the body while certain prayers are repeated.

Derivable forms: tattvanyāsaḥ (तत्त्वन्यासः).

Tattvanyāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tattva and nyāsa (न्यास).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tattvanyāsa (तत्त्वन्यास).—m.

(-saḥ) Touching different parts of the body in the worship of Vishnu. E. tattva, and nyāsa gesticulation.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Tattvanyāsa (तत्त्वन्यास) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] Oppert. 2836.

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

Tattvanyāsa (तत्त्वन्यास):—[=tat-tva-nyāsa] [from tat-tva > tat] m. ‘application of true principles’, Name of a ceremony in honour of Viṣṇu (application of mystical letters etc. to parts of the body while prayers are recited), [Tantr.]

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

Tattvanyāsa (तत्त्वन्यास):—[tattva-nyāsa] (saḥ) 1. m. Gesticulations in the worship of Vishnu.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tattvanyasa 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.

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Partial matches: Nyasa, Tattva.

Full-text: Matrikanyasa, Atmashuddhi.

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