Brahmapadartha, 貹ٳ, Brahma-padartha: 1 definition
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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Dhiti blog: The Navakalevara Ceremony at Puri貹ٳ (ब्रह्मपदार्थ) refers to the “life-substance� or “soul� (of the image carved from wood).�Navakalevara is the name of a festival (symbolizing the cycle of birth, death and re-birth) which is celebrated at Puri: a sacred site home to the eternal abode of Śrī Բٳ (a form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa).—Բٳ� is made of (wood) because a image cuts up the miseries of the world and imparts eternal bliss. [...] [Regarding Ծṇa (carving of images)]—The details of the carving itself, as well as the exact measurements for each image is closely guarded knowledge kept by the Daitas, who fashion the images according to the specifics contained in palm-leaf manuscripts and knowledge passed on through their familial traditions. All four images are carved with a cube-shaped cavity, in which the sacred 貹ٳ, the “soul� of the image, is placed.
Note: The “life-substance� transferred in the 貹ٳ rites is most likely a sort of 峾 (a black stone with a fossil ammonite, which is a coiled shell of an extinct mollusk sacred to Vaiṣṇavas). This is the opinion of the Brahmin priests at Puri, [...]�(Cf. G. C. Tripathi, “Բٳ�,� pp. 260 and 261).

Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu�).
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Partial matches: Padartha, Brahma.
Full-text: Kaivalyavaikuntha, Ashauca, Navakalevara.
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