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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions

Navapadma (啶ㄠさ啶�啶︵�嵿ぎ) refers to the 鈥渘ine lotuses鈥� (visualized situated at points in the body), according to verse 4.497ff of the Brahmay膩mala-tantra (or Picumata), an early 7th century 艢aiva text consisting of twelve-thousand verses.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] A series of nine lotuses [i.e., navapadma] is visualized situated at points in the body called granthis (knots or joints). These are located at the crown of the head (艣颈办丑腻), the forehead (濒补濒腻峁璦), throat (办补峁囜弓丑补), navel (苍腻产丑颈), knees (箩腻苍耻), mouth (vaktra), heart (丑峁沝), genitals (guhya), and feet (辫腻诲补), following the order of their sequence in 苍测腻蝉补. [...]鈥�.

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Shaiva (啶多�堗��, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)

: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

1) Navapadma (啶ㄠさ啶�啶︵�嵿ぎ) refers to a Ma峁囜笉ala used by the Tantrasiddh膩nta school, as discussed in chapter 21 (Cary膩辫腻诲补) of the 笔补诲尘补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: the most widely followed of Sa峁僪it膩 covering the entire range of concerns of P膩帽car膩tra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter鈥�箩帽腻苍补, yoga, 办谤颈测腻 and 肠补谤测腻) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.鈥擺Cf. the chapter siddh膩ntabhedena pa帽car膩tr膩dhik膩rivyavasth膩]: Brahm膩 says that having heard about the various rules, he would now like to know who are the qualified aspirants to follow in the different schools of P膩帽car膩tra. [...] The 迟补苍迟谤补蝉颈诲诲丑腻苍迟补 school accepts those who come from any of the four castes, so long as they observe all the 蝉补峁僺办腻谤补-sacraments. These (common?) folks, in the performance of the Lord鈥檚 worship, employ the 苍补惫补辫补诲尘补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补 design. But in their ritual activities they must satisfy themselves with the repetition of the 诲惫腻诲补艣腻办峁�a谤补 and other mantras only, and these without benefit of instruction concerning their esoteric meanings and, furthermore, without 苍测腻蝉补, etc. [...]

2) Navapadma (啶ㄠさ啶�啶︵�嵿ぎ) refers to the 鈥渘ine-lotus pattern鈥�, as discussed in chapter 10 of the 笔补耻峁�k补谤补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra text of almost 5900 verses divided into forty-three chapters presented as a frame-work dialogue between Pau峁�kara and Bhagav膩n dealing with the esoteric meaning of ma峁囜笉ala-designs, worship routines and temple-building.鈥擠escription of the chapter [苍补惫补辫补诲尘补-惫颈诲丑腻苍补-濒补办峁�a峁嘺]: [...] Of the nine 肠补办谤腻产箩补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补-designs already given (in Chapter VIII), the ultimate one is the ninth variant containing a design of nine lotuses. In this pattern, a different cosmic power [艣补办迟颈] is put in each lotus鈥攖he four vy奴has, N膩r膩ya峁嘺, Brahm膩, Vi峁ａ箛u, Yaj帽apuru峁�a and V膩r膩h墨 (1-33) How this ultimate of all 尘补峁囜笉补濒补蝉 is to be undertaken, measured out, colored, etc., is given (34-93a).

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Pancaratra (啶�啶距�炧�嵿�氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) 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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Partial matches: Nava, Padma.

Starts with: Navapadmamandala, Navapadmavidhanalakshana.

Full-text: Navapadmamandala, Vrittabimbalakshana, Vrittabimba, Tantrasiddhantin, Tantrasiddhanta.

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