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Dikshalakshanavidhana, īṣālṣaṇaԲ, Dikshalakshana-vidhana: 1 definition

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Dikshalakshanavidhana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term īṣālṣaṇaԲ can be transliterated into English as Diksalaksanavidhana or Dikshalakshanavidhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

īṣālṣaṇaԲ (दीक्षालक्षणविधान) (lit. “regarding initiation rites�) is the name of the ninth chapter of the īⲹṃh: a Pāñcarātra document comprising over 3000 verses in 30 chapters presenting in a narrative framework the teachings of Nārada to Gautama, dealing primarily with modes of worship and festivals.

Description of the chapter [īṣālṣaṇaԲ]: Gautama wants to know more about the initiation rites they had been discussing, and so Nārada satisfies his curiosity by giving him further details (that continue from where Chapter VII left off). Having performed ū and offered naivedya-foodstuffs to the Lord in the ṇḍ-motif, the ś첹-preceptor performs ṃpǰṣaṇa-sprinklings to each initiate. The initiates will each have been “bound� [], and the Ācārya will turn his attention to them and meditate on the subtle and gross forms of the Created Order (1-7a). Together he and each śṣy-candidate approach the fire and perform ūṇāhܳپ-rites there, addressing themselves to the tattvas of the Subtle Order as well as reflecting upon all the gross manifestations in the Created Order that comprise the holy and sanctified place where God’s Presence is to be recognized (7b-204).

[The latter reflection constitutes a long and elaborate cosmographical and geographical digression describing the world-order and its various parts, sections, spots, etc. (45-190).]

Then, returning to the subject of initiation, the narrator says that there are four things a ś첹-preceptor should scrupulously attend to in the course of the initiation-rites inasmuch as these affect his own status as a qualified master. These are considerations concerning precision in pronunciation of mantras with one to eight syllables, and facility in using them at proper junctures in the ceremonies (205-232); a proper understanding of the nature and destiny of ṇa (233); and knowledgeable observance of proper and auspicious -moments in the ܳٳٲⲹṇa part of the year, on the one hand, and in the 岹ṣiṇҲԲ-part of the year on the other (234-235). Thus, during the on-going ūṇāhܳپ-rites, with these things in mind, the preceptor should proceed to enlighten the initiate concerning mantras and their uses when accompanying such fire-rituals of various kinds. He should all the while also be alert to omens seen then and there during the rites indicative of the initiate's readiness for continuing the initiation procedures (236-254). Should the omens be discouraging the preceptor should be prepared to perform certain ⲹśٳٲ-measures to neutralize the dangers suggested by the omens and make every candidate in any case ready for what is to come (255-295). Of course, īṣ�-rites are themselves capable of erasing all sins and rectifying all shortcomings. There is interjected here a eulogy of both īṣ� and of one who brings this mode of salvation to others (296-330). The initiation rites end with an ṣe첹-bath for each of the aspirants (331-338a).

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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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