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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.195

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 195

पूर्णाभिषेके नवरात्रादिकल्पभेदःThe forms of nine nights and the rest

Verse 195

नवनाभं सप्तरात्रे पञ्चाब्जं पञ्चरात्रके । त्रिरात्रे चैकरात्रे च पद्ममष्टदलं प्रिये ॥ १९५ ॥

navanābhaṁ saptarātrē pañcābjaṁ pañcarātrakē | trirātrē caikarātrē ca padmamaṣṭadalaṁ priyē || 195 ||

Translation

for seven nights the navanābha, for five nights the pañcābja, for three nights and one night the eight-petalled lotus, beloved.

Word by word

navanābhaṁ
the navanābha
saptarātrē
for seven nights
pañcābjaṁ
the pañcābja
pañcarātrakē
for five nights
trirātrē
for three nights
ca
and
ēkarātrē
for one night
padmam
(padmam) the lotus
aṣṭadalaṁ
eight-petalled
priyē
O beloved

Meaning

Navanābha, "nine-naved"; pañcābja, "five lotuses"; aṣṭadala, "eight-petalled".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 191.