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Navavyuha, ±·²¹±¹²¹±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹, Navan-vyuha: 6 definitions

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Navavyuha 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.

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of NÄrÄyaṇa)

Source: Wisdom Library: PÄñcarÄtra

±·²¹±¹²¹±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹ (नववà¥à¤¯à¥‚à¤�) refers to an aspect of ²Ôá¹›s¾±á¹ƒh²¹ (‘m²¹²Ô-±ô¾±´Ç²Ôâ€�), according to the Vihagendra-saṃhitÄ 4.17, which mentions seventy-four forms (inlcuding twenty forms of ±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹). He is also known as ±·²¹±¹²¹±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹²Ôá¹›s¾±á¹ƒh²¹ or ±·²¹±¹²¹±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹narasiṃha. Ná¹›siṃha is a Tantric deity and refers to the furious (ugra) incarnation of Viṣṇu.

The 15th-century Vihagendra-saṃhÄ«ta is a canonical text of the PÄñcarÄtra corpus and, in twenty-four chapters, deals primarely with meditation on mantras and sacrificial oblations.

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Pancaratra (पाञà¥à¤šà¤°à¤¾à¤¤à¥à¤°, pÄñcarÄtra) 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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Shilpashastra (iconography)

: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)

±·²¹±¹²¹±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹ (नववà¥à¤¯à¥‚à¤�) refers to the “iconographic detail regarding the nine ±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹sâ€�, as discussed in chapter 24 of the Ä€dikÄṇá¸a of the ±á²¹²â²¹Å›Ä«°ùá¹£a²õ²¹á¹ƒh¾±³ÙÄå: a large PÄñcarÄtra Ä€gama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.—Description of the chapter [nava-±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹-pratimÄ-laká¹£aṇa]: Ä€dimÅ«rti VÄsudeva having already been treated this chapter turns to the other form of VÄsudeva with two hands (3-4a), then to Baladeva (Saṃkará¹£aṇa) (4b-5), to Pradyumna with his wife (6-9a), to Aniruddha (9b-10), to NÄrÄyaṇa (11-16), to Viṣṇu with eight arms (17-19a), to Narasiṃha (19b-21) and to VarÄha (22-23a).

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Shilpashastra (शिलà¥à¤ªà¤¶à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤°, Å›ilpaÅ›Ästra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

±·²¹±¹²¹±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹ (नववà¥à¤¯à¥‚à¤�).—an epithet of Viṣṇu.

Derivable forms: nava±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹á¸� (नववà¥à¤¯à¥‚हः).

±·²¹±¹²¹±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms navan and ±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹ (वà¥à¤¯à¥‚à¤�).

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

±·²¹±¹²¹±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹ (नववà¥à¤¯à¥‚à¤�):—[=nava-±¹²âÅ«³ó²¹] [from nava] m. Name of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halÄyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. catur-v).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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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