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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.135

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 135

यागमण्डपसंस्कारादिPreparing the hall of worship and the rest

Verse 135

किङ्किणीजालमालाभिश्चन्द्रातपविभूषिते । घृतप्रदीपावलिभिस्तमोलेशविवर्जिते ॥ १३५ ॥

kiṅkiṇījālamālābhiścandrātapavibhūṣitē | ghṛtapradīpāvalibhistamōlēśavivarjitē || 135 ||

Translation

decked with garlands of strings of little bells and with an awning, free of every trace of darkness by rows of ghee lamps,

Word by word

kiṅkiṇī
of little bells
jāla
strings
mālābhiḥ
with garlands
candrātapa
with an awning
vibhūṣitē
decked
ghṛta
ghee
pradīpa
lamps
āvalibhiḥ
by rows
tamaḥ
(tamaḥ) of darkness
lēśa
every trace
vivarjitē
free of

Meaning

The candrātapa is a canopy, an awning painted with designs.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Kiṅkiṇījālamālābhiḥ: adorned with strings of clusters of little bells. Yakṣadhūpaiḥ: with the resin of the śāla tree. Barhaiḥ: with peacock feathers.