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Ritual Worship of the Narasiṁhamantra as Depicted in the "Sātvatasamhitā"

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Dębicka-Borek E.

Cracow Indological Studies

2013

vol. 15: Text History and Society as Depicted in Indian Literature and Art. Part II. ŚRAVYA. Poetry & Prose

167-207

Most probably, the Sātvatasamhitā is the only one among the recognized samhitās of the Vaiṣṇava Pāñcarātra that elaborates upon the procedure of worshipping [the mantra of] Narasiṁha belonging to vibhava deities (vaibhavīyanarasimhakalpa). Its aim is formulated in SātS 16, where it is stated that an initiation with the help of narasimhamantra (narasimhadīksā) as well as the further worship of this mantra remove sins committed in previous lives, even in the case of nāstikas. The detailed account of the procedure is given in the next chapter, i.e. SātS 17. Yet, when analyzed out of the general context of the text, vaibhavīyanarasimhakalpa seems to present a fully fledged procedure meant for a sādhaka striving for magical powers (siddhi); it depicts the narasimhadīksā which grants the right to worship the narasimhamantra in order to realize worldly aims. The traces of textual re-working suggest that the idea of vaibhavīyanarasimhakalpa might come from another context. It is also probable that for some reasons its original function considering the attainment of magical powers was reformulated within the scope of SātS into the purifying ceremony preceding the proper initiation.

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