archana
अर्चना arcanāA form of worship in which a priest recites the names of a deity one by one, each prefixed with Om and followed by namah, offering a flower or leaf at every name, so a hymn of names becomes a sequence of offerings.
Where this term appears
- The Vishnu Sahasranama Worship
In the temple it is often turned from a flowing hymn into an archana , where a priest speaks each name in turn, prefixed with Om and followed by namah , "salutations," laying a flower or a leaf of tulsi at the …
- The Book of the Lord Treatise
The Bhagavata Purana, the Srimad Bhagavatam, is the most popular and influential of the Puranas, especially for the worship of Krishna. In twelve books and some…