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Ramarchana Paddhati

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Ramarchana Paddhati
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ReligionHinduism
AuthorRamananda
LanguageSanskrit

The Ramarchana Paddhati (Sanskrit: रामार्चनपद्धति, romanizedrāmārcanapaddhati) is a Sanskrit text attributed to Ramananda.[1]

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According to Ramanandi tradition, Ramananda transmitted this text to Anantananda and Surasurananda. After a benedictory verse that extols the gurus of the tradition,[2] the text prescribes the modes of worship of Rama. It describes the procedure for performing the murti puja of the deity (icon veneration), purification rites, and obligatory daily rites (nityakarma).[3]

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Reference

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  1. ^ Varnekar, Dr. Sridhar Bhaskar (1988). Sanskrit Vadamay Kosh (in Hindi) (1st ed.). Kolkata: Bhartiye Bhasha Parishad. p. 430.
  2. ^ Karnataka Through The Ages. Servants of Knowledge. The Government Of Mysore. 1968. p. 430.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ Bevilacqua, Daniela (2018-01-19). Modern Hindu Traditionalism in Contemporary India: The Śrī Maṭh and the Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya in the Evolution of the Rāmānandī Sampradāya. Routledge. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-351-80570-4.