Guest guest Posted June 11, 2002 Report Share Posted June 11, 2002 Sri: SrimathE Ramanujaya Nama: AzhwAr emperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE Saranam Have any one come across the term pancarAtrika? Some source indicate that this term was used to refer to those who move from one place to another after speding 5 days. Typically, these movements are from one holy site to another, with complete devotion to the deity in those places. They typically do not have any attachment to earthly matters. Is there any relationship between alwars and pancarAtrikas? adiyEn (All mistakes are adiyEns' and beg forgiveness) Venkatesh Elayavalli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2002 Report Share Posted June 12, 2002 Dear Elayavalli, Generally the term pancarAtrika designates a follower of the pancarAtra philosophical and/or ritual system. This system (or, to be more precise, these systems, since the diverse texts are in no means uniform) was first codified in diverse texts which are collectively called "pancarAtrasaMhitAs", some of them are published. The question as to Why this school is called PancarAtra is - to my knowledge - not yet solved but, however, it seems to be generally agreed that NArAyaNa revealed the content of these texts in five nights to five different persons/gods. Today the PancarAtrins are one of two different groups serving as Arcakas in South Indian Vaishnava temples (the other group is called VaikhAnasa). Best regards Ute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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