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Pāñcarātra are Vaishnava Sanskrit Agamic texts.〔Oriental Institute, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (1940). Gaekwad Oriental Series, Issue 86, p.7.〕 Literally meaning ''five nights'' (''pañca'': five, ''rātra'': nights),〔Jones, Constance and Ryan, James D. (2007). Encyclopedia of Hinduism, p.321-322. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 0816075646〕 the term ''Pancharatra'' has been variously interpreted.〔 The term has also been attributed to the Shatapatha Brahmana 12.6 wherein Narayana performed a sacrifice for five nights and became a transcendent and immanent being.〔〔Sharma, C. D. (1991). Critical Survey Of Indian Philosophy, p.336. Motilal Banarsidass Publications. ISBN 8120803655〕 The Pancharatra Agamas constitute the most important texts of the Srivaishnava Sampradaya of Ramanuja.〔 The Pancharatra Agamas are composed of more than 200 texts;〔Datta, Amaresh (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo, p.95. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 8126018038〕 with various suggested time periods of composition; including the 3rd century BC,〔Prakash, Om (2005). Cultural History Of India, p.120. New Age International. ISBN 8122415873〕 and a period between 600 AD to 850 AD.〔 ==History== Vishnu worshipers of today, represented in a wide spectrum of traditions, generally follow the system of Pancharatra worship. The concept of Naḍa and Naḍa-Brahman appear already in Sāttvata Samhita or Sāttvata Tantra and in Jayākhya Samhita, two texts considered most canonical of Pancharatra texts. Ānanda Tīrtha the founder of Madhva line has written in his commentary on Mundaka Upanishad: 〔dvapariyair janair viṣṇuḥ pancarātrais ca kevalam kalau tu nāma-mātreṇa pujyate bhagavan hariḥ〕 "In Dvāpara-yuga, Vishnu is exclusively worshiped according to the principles of the Pancharatra Scripture, but in this age of Kali-yuga, the Supreme Lord Hari is worshiped only by the chanting of his Holy Name." Jiva Gosvami had stated in his ''Paramātma Sandārbha'', forming part of six principal Sandārbhas, or philosophical treateses of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, that, "Seeing that the imperfect scriptures in the modes of passion and ignorance bring only a host of troubles, and also seeing that the original Vedas are very difficult to follow properly, and thus being very dissatisfied with both of these, the all-knowing scripture authors affirm the superiority of the Pancharatras, which describe the pure absolute truth, Narayana, and the worship of the Lord, which is very easy to perform."〔''Paramātma Sandārbha'', Annucheda 17.〕 In the same Sandārbha Jiva Gosvami states〔pañcarātrasya kṛtsnasya vaktā tu bhagavān svayam〕 that god himself, Svayam Bhagavan, had spoken the Narada Pancharatra, which is accepted as a pramāṇa (evidence ) by Gaudiya scholars. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pancharatra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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