Pratishṭhā Kalpa

Pratishṭhā Kalpa · pratishṭhā kalpa, “the rule of consecration”

Grammar: masculine noun; pratishṭhā (consecration) with kalpa (rule).

Meaning: a work on the rule of consecration.

In the scriptures: Sumantu Muni tells King Śatānīka of a visiting dvija who asked who certain students were. Śaṅkha replied that they were the sons of Bhojaka, studying the kalpas with the sūtras, the Vedas, the Saptamī Kalpa, the method of pūjā of Bhagavān Sūrya, the agnikārya-paddhati, the pratishṭhā-kalpa, the aṅga-lakshaṇas of the devatās and the Sūrya rathayātrā (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 66).

Related terms: Agnikārya-paddhati · Saptamī Kalpa · Bhojaka

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 66