though many of them are not complete in the sense in which we have explained the word completc. (Parip00rma) The Vaikhamasa Kalpasutras were composed by Sage W।kharas who according to tradition is an incarnation of Brahm.. At the instance of Lord Sriman Narayata le came to Nainistralya in Bharata Warsha at the very nul:ct (/ creation. With the powers le was able to gai॥ by his austere pभ:11ances lhe found ॥! a ॥ew method of worshipping the L।rt Visl।।u; i.e. in itlools. He stress५d the need of worshipping God in idols as indispersable and expressed 'in unambigu0॥s terms i1 1is Smartasu!11। It is uls() said that ht luas composed un elaborate matnual for the guidance ()f the ("votees for the worship of Lord Vishnu in 1emples as well as 11 houses. He gathered : g0 d ।।ul11ber of desciples whorा 1. initiated i।। 1he new way (l worship he has founded a11d wh९) ('amlt to be k10x५) as Vaikhanasas {{tle followers of Wikhanas). Having ५ntr॥ऽted the task of propagating the science dealing with the m10de of worship t0 the care of his dear desciples he returned 1। |ave manuscrip1 |hi (original :lthodo Later, the sages Bhuripu. Afri. Murt५] auld Kasyapil sp:५॥rect 10 kils to propagate this Holy missior prop0unded by Sage Wikha145 and each of them w: 0| Lord Vishnu in tc11pics and the total extent of t]]४ ।orks is: 5aid 10 be four laklls of Granthas (verscx), Tht t७tal 1umber (१f works fascribed t0 th९ above four sages are twenty eight; bu!। only for eightct1 0 | ॥५hich crnmplete as well as fragmentary 11anuscripts have come t () light so fu। The १uintessence of 1he Vaikhanasa sct॥५00l 0| !llought is ।।lat worship (of Lord Vsh॥u (Samurtaureaular) chaurged with ५ ९e॥१९० of devotio॥ (Bhakti) is the only neums of liberatio॥ (Mooksha). 1'भक्त्या भगवन्तं नारायणमर्चयेत तद्विष्णोः परमं पदं गच्छतीति विज्ञायते प्रश्ने. ४. खंड: १२ अग्नौ नित्यहोमान्ते विष्णोर्नित्याचर्चा सर्वदेवाचां भवति । 'गृहे देवायतने वा भक्त्या भगवन्तं नारायणमर्चये 'दिति विखनसा सूत्रे समासनोक्तम् ...... तस्यार्चने श्रुतिः 'प्रवः पान्तमन्घसो धियायते महे शूराय विष्णवे चाचंत ' (ऋक् संहिता . २-२-२६) 'धृतोध्र्वपुण्ड्रः परमेशितारं नारायण पूजयति स्म भक्त्या । अध्यादिभिः पौरुषसूक्तमन्त्रैः संप्राप्नुयाद्विष्णुपदं महात्मा' इत्यादि मरीचिविमानार्चनकल्प प्रथमपटले ।
