Alternative spellings of this word include Archanavidhi.

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Arcanavidhi (अर्चनविधि) refers to the “rules of the worship (of the Gods)”, as discussed in the third chapter of the Īśvarasaṃhitā (printed edition), a Pāñcarātra work in 8200 verses and 24 chapters dealing with topics such as routines of temple worship, major and minor festivals, temple-building and initiation.—Description of the chapter [vimānadevatā-arcanavidhi]: Despite the title, this chapter deals with the details of the materials and utensils, procedures and motions of liturgical worship [bāhyayāga], viz., water and water-pots (14-29a, 89b); [...]. The closing ślokas (189-194) tell how to construct the mantra for any given temple and its deity, with a eulogy for those who perform worship-rituals with correctness and piety.

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Arcanāvidhi (अर्चनाविधि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Oppert. Ii, 3374.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Arcanāvidhi (ಅರ್ಚನಾವಿಧಿ):—[noun] the process of or the procedure followed in, worshipping.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Arcana, Vidhi.

Ends with: Balarcanavidhi, Batukarcanavidhi, Bhagavadarcanavidhi, Bhogangarcanavidhi, Devatarcanavidhi, Gopalarcanavidhi, Graharcanavidhi, Krishnarcanavidhi, Lalitarcanavidhi, Parthivarcanavidhi, Purushasuktarcanavidhi, Ramarcanavidhi, Sakalarcanavidhi, Samksheparcanavidhi, Sundarinityarcanavidhi, Tripurarcanavidhi, Ucchishtasumukhidevinityarcanavidhi, Vimanadevatarcanavidhi, Virashaivalingarcanavidhi.

Full-text: Vimanadevata.

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