Shankhusthapana, 艢补峁卥丑耻蝉迟丑腻辫补苍补, Shankhu-sthapana: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term 艢补峁卥丑耻蝉迟丑腻辫补苍补 can be transliterated into English as Sankhusthapana or Shankhusthapana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts艢补峁卥丑耻蝉迟丑腻辫补苍补 (啶多啷嵿啷佮じ啷嵿ぅ啶距お啶�) refers to certain preliminary temple-construction rites, as discussed in chapter 3 of the 叠丑腻谤补诲惫腻箩补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 or 鈥淏h膩radv膩ja-ka峁噕a-sa峁僪it膩鈥�: a P膩帽car膩tra text comprising some 230 艣lokas mainly concerned with basic details concerning temple construction and icon consecration.鈥擜ccordingly, [鈥渃oncerning the construction of a temple鈥漖: [...] Then, in addition, he should find a Vai峁ａ箛ava Brahmin and some other 峁歵viks. Thereupon he should take a ritual bath with his 膧c膩rya and the 峁歵viks and, next day in the center of the village, he should attend to 艣补峁卥耻蝉迟丑腻辫补苍补-activities and 惫腻蝉迟耻辫奴箩腻-rites. Next a 办补濒测腻峁嘺-尘补峁囜笉补辫补 should be erected in front of the Vi峁ａ箛u temple鈥攁nd this should have four entrances.
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, 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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