Essay name: Diksha (initiation) in Pancharatra
Author:
Shanta Srinivasan
Affiliation: University of Madras / Department of Sanskrit
This English essay studies Diksha in Pancharatra with reference to important texts. Diksha refers to initiation ceremonies into a particular esoteric tradition which is given, for example, by the teacher (Guru) to the student (Shishya). Pancharatra refers to an ancient school of Vaishnavism based on ancient Tantra-like texts called Agamas which were commonly written in Sanskrit verse.
Appendix: Glossary of Pancaratra terms
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the head. The ducts i岣峚, pingala, an su峁mn膩 are stated to be the most important among the n膩dis. 15.C膩tur膩tmya: The aggregate of four vy奴ha dieties v膩sudeva, and sankarsana, pradyumna and Animdha. 16. Charu : Cooked food. 17.Dh膩ran膩 : Is indispensable to bhuta suddhi. There are five h kind of Dhara峁嘺's, dafana (burning) and py膩yana (drenching) are the must important for purification of the adept body. The pupils body is not totally purified by dh膩ran膩s he is not fit is install the mantras on his body. So bh奴ta suddhi accompanied by dh膩ran膩 proceeds the mantra-ny膩sa. 18. Kosa:- means nest that is body sakti assumes six forms each called kosa. These kosas represents the descents of sakti. The six Kosas, sakti, M膩y膩, pras奴ti, prakrti (consisting of three gunas) Brahm膩峁囜笉a (the cosmic egg) and the jivadeha (individual living being). Creation is from sakti and is pure and represented by vyuha deities in the non-material world. Others are impure creation. 19.K峁沜chra and atik峁沜chra: These are acts of expiation. 199
