The ''Ramarchana Paddhati'' () is a Sanskrit text attributed to
Ramananda
Jagadguru Swami Ramananda (IAST: Rāmānanda) or Ramanandacharya was an Indian 14th-century Hindu Vaishnava devotional poet Sant (religion), saint, who lived in the Gangetic basin of northern India. The Hindu tradition recognizes him as the f ...
.
Description
According to
Ramanandi
The Ramanandi (), also known as Ramavats (), is one of the largest sects of Vaishnavas. Out of 52 sub-branches of Vaishnavism, divided into four Vaishnava ''sampradayas'', 36 are held by the Ramanandi. The sect mainly emphasizes the worship ...
tradition
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, Ramananda transmitted this text to Anantananda and Surasurananda. After a
benedictory verse that extols the ''
guru
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''s of the tradition, the text prescribes the modes of worship of
Rama
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. It describes the procedure for performing the ''
murti
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puja'' of the deity (icon veneration), purification rites, and obligatory daily rites (''
nityakarma
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'').
See also
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Vaishnava Matabja Bhaskara
The ''Vaishnava Matabja Bhaskara'' (IAST: Vaiṣṇava Mātābja Bhāskara, Sanskrit: वैष्णवमताब्जभास्कर:) is one of the most prominent works of Ramananda in Sanskrit. This work is a dialogue between Ramananda ...
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Valmiki Samhita
The ''Valmiki Samhita'' () is a Sanskrit text of six chapters. It comes under the Narada Panchratra. The ''Valmiki Samhita'' is attributed to the worship of Rama and Sita. It describes them to be the ultimate reality.
According to the ''Valmik ...
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Maithili Maha Upanishad
The ''Maithili Mahopanishad'' () is a Sanskrit text and is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism describing the Videha Kingdom of King Janaka and his rule over the Mithila (region) from the ancient capital city of Janakpurdham where Lord Rama a ...
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Vaishnava texts