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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.137

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 137

यागमण्डपसंस्कारादिPreparing the hall of worship and the rest

Verse 137

सार्धहस्तमितां वेदीमुच्चकैश्चतुरङ्गुलाम् । रचयेन्मृण्मयीं तत्र चूर्णैरक्षतसम्भवैः ॥ १३७ ॥

sārdhahastamitāṁ vēdīmuccakaiścaturaṅgulām | racayēnmṛṇmayīṁ tatra cūrṇairakṣatasambhavaiḥ || 137 ||

Translation

he should build there an altar of earth a cubit and a half square and four fingers high; then, with powders made of rice,

Word by word

sārdha
and a half
hasta
cubit
mitāṁ
measuring
vēdīm
(vedīm) an altar
uccakaiḥ
(uccakaiḥ) high
catur
four
aṅgulām
(aṅgulām) fingers
racayēt
(racayet) should build
mṛṇmayīṁ
of earth
tatra
there
cūrṇaiḥ
(cūrṇaiḥ) with powders
akṣata
of rice
sambhavaiḥ
made

Meaning

The vedī, the altar of the consecration.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

After that the glorious guru, on the altar made there, should make (vidadhyāt, kuryāt) a most beautiful sarvatobhadra maṇḍala with powders made of rice of yellow, red, black, white and dark colour. Asitaiḥ: with blue colours. Śyāmalaiḥ: with green powders.