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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.136

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 136

यागमण्डपसंस्कारादिPreparing the hall of worship and the rest

Verse 136

कर्पूरसहितैर्धूपैर्यक्षधूपैः सुवासिते । व्यजनैश्चामरैर्बर्हैर्दर्पणाद्यैरलङ्कृते ॥ १३६ ॥

karpūrasahitairdhūpairyakṣadhūpaiḥ suvāsitē | vyajanaiścāmarairbarhairdarpaṇādyairalaṅkṛtē || 136 ||

Translation

fragrant with incense and camphor and with yakṣa-resin, adorned with fans, yak-tail whisks, peacock feathers, mirrors and the rest,

Word by word

karpūra
camphor
sahitaiḥ
(sahitaiḥ) with
dhūpaiḥ
(dhūpaiḥ) resin
yakṣa
yakṣa
suvāsitē
fragrant
vyajanaiḥ
(vyajanaiḥ) with fans
cāmaraiḥ
(cāmaraiḥ) yak-tail whisks
barhaiḥ
(barhaiḥ) peacock feathers
darpaṇa
mirrors
ādyaiḥ
(ādyaiḥ) and the rest
alaṅkṛtē
adorned

Meaning

Yakṣadhūpa, the ṭīkā says, is the resin of the śāla tree; barha is peacock feathers.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 135.