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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.182

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 182

शिष्यनामकरणम्Naming the disciple

Verse 182

पूर्वोक्तनाम्ना सम्बोध्य ज्ञापयन् शक्तिसाधकान् । दद्यादानन्दनाथान्तमाख्यानं कौलिको गुरुः ॥ १८२ ॥

pūrvōktanāmnā sambōdhya jñāpayan śaktisādhakān | dadyādānandanāthāntamākhyānaṁ kaulikō guruḥ || 182 ||

Translation

Addressing him by his former name and informing the sādhakas of Śakti, the Kaula guru should give him a name ending in Ānandanātha.

Word by word

pūrva
former
ukta
told
nāmnā
by the name
sambōdhya
addressing
jñāpayan
informing
śakti
of Śakti
sādhakān
the sādhakas
dadyāt
(dadyāt) should give
ānandanātha
Ānandanātha
antam
(antam) ending in
ākhyānaṁ
a name
kaulikaḥ
(kaulikaḥ) the Kaula
guruḥ
guru

Meaning

The new initiatic name, "so-and-so Ānandanātha", marks the new life.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Pūrvokta" and the rest. Then the Kaula guru, informing the sādhakas of Śakti, addressing the disciple by the name told before, should give him a name ending in Ānandanātha: for example, "amuka-devaśarman, tvam etad-dinam ārabhya amukānandanāthākhyo 'si" ("so-and-so Devaśarman, from this day you are named so-and-so Ānandanātha").