THE FOLLOWING PERFECT GLOSSES AND SANSKRIT PRAMANS REGARDING "SHREE PANCHARATRA" HAD BEEN FOUND BY ME IN "THE PHILOSOPHY OF RAMANUJA" BOOK BY DR. KRISHNA DATTA BHARADWAJ, 1958:
1. PanchaRatra is that in Whose Presence 5 scriptures of sankhya, yoga, bauddha, arhata (jainism) and kapala lose their lustre:
पञ्चेराणि शास्त्राणि रात्रीयन्ते महान्त्यपि
तत्सन्निधौ संमक्यासौ तेन लोके प्रवर्तते [ पद्म-तन्त्रम् ]
pa~ncherANi shAstrANi rAtrIyante mahAntyapi
tatsannidhau saMmakyAsau tena loke pravartate [padma-tantram]
2. Just as night (ratri) comes to an end (panchatva) at sun-rise, similarly other scriptures come to an end at the rise of PanchaRatra:
पञ्चत्वमथ वा यद्वद् दाव्यमाने दिवाकरे
ऋच्छन्ति रात्र्यस्तद्वदितराणि तदन्तिके [ पद्म-तन्त्रम् ]
pa~nchatvamatha vA yadvad dAvyamAne divAkare
RRichChanti rAtryastadvaditarANi tadantike [padma-tantram]
3. The word "Ratra" signifies knowledge which is of
