Vasudevadiyantranirupana, Vāsudevādiyantranirūpaṇa, Vasudevadiyantra-nirupana: 1 definition

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In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Vāsudevādiyantranirūpaṇa (वासुदेवादियन्त्रनिरूपण) (lit. “regarding the yantras for Vāsudeva and others”) is the name of the twenty-third 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 [vāsudevādiyantranirūpaṇa]: Continuing the foregoing discussion here described is the twelve-spoked Vāsudevacakra-design ( 1-13 ), the thirty-two-spoked Narasiṃhacakra-design (29b-43), and the hundred-spoked Jyotiścakra-design (44-68). Finally the thousand-spoked Mātṛkācakra-design is described (69-111).

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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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