Pāñcarātra

Pāñcarātra

▪ religious movement
      early Hindu religious movement whose members worshiped the deified sage Nārāyaṇa (who came to be identified with Lord Vishnu) and, in merger with the Bhāgavata (q.v.) sect, formed the earliest sectarian movement within Hinduism. The new group was a forerunner of modern Vaiṣṇavism (Vaishnavism), or the worship of Vishnu.

      The Pāñcarātras originated in the Himalayan region perhaps in the 3rd century BC. The cult's name is attributed to a sacrifice continuing for five days (pañca-rātra) performed by Nārāyaṇa by which he obtained superiority over all beings and became all beings.

      The Pāñcarātra doctrine was first systematized by Śāṇḍilya (c. AD 100?), who composed several devotional verses about the deity Nārāyaṇa; that the Pāñcarātra system was also known in South India is evident from 2nd-century-AD inscriptions. By the 10th century the sect had acquired sufficient popularity to leave its influence on other groups, though criticized by Śaṅkara and other orthodox figures as nonmonastic and non-Vedic.

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