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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.196

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 196

पूर्णाभिषेके नवरात्रादिकल्पभेदःThe forms of nine nights and the rest

Verse 196

मण्डले सर्वतोभद्रे नवनाभेऽपि साधकैः । स्थापनीया नव घटाः पञ्चाब्जे पञ्चसङ्ख्यकाः ॥ १९६ ॥

maṇḍalē sarvatōbhadrē navanābhē’pi sādhakaiḥ | sthāpanīyā nava ghaṭāḥ pañcābjē pañcasaṅkhyakāḥ || 196 ||

Translation

On the sarvatobhadra and the navanābha the sādhakas should set nine jars; on the pañcābja, five;

Word by word

maṇḍalē
on the maṇḍala
sarvatōbhadrē
sarvatobhadra
navanābhē
on the navanābha
api
also
sādhakaiḥ
by the sādhakas
sthāpanīyāḥ
(sthāpanīyāḥ) are to be set
nava
nine
ghaṭāḥ
(ghaṭāḥ) jars
pañcābjē
on the pañcābja
pañca
five
saṅkhyakāḥ
(saṅkhyakāḥ) in number

Meaning

The number of jars follows the maṇḍala.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 191.