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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.2

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 2

वृद्धिश्राद्धे व्यवस्थाThe rule of the vṛddhi-śrāddha

Verse 2

कस्मिन् कस्मिंश्च संस्कारे प्रतिष्ठासु च कास्वपि । कुशण्डिकाविधानञ्च वृद्धिश्राद्धञ्च शङ्कर ॥ २ ॥

kasmin kasmiṁśca saṁskārē pratiṣṭhāsu ca kāsvapi | kuśaṇḍikāvidhānañca vṛddhiśrāddhañca śaṅkara || 2 ||

Translation

In which sacraments, and in which consecrations, O Śaṅkara, are the kuśaṇḍikā and the vṛddhi-śrāddha

Word by word

kasmin
in which
kasmiṁś
(kasmin) and in which
ca
and
saṁskārē
sacrament
pratiṣṭhāsu
in consecrations
kāsu
in which
api
also
kuśaṇḍikā
of the kuśaṇḍikā
vidhānam
(vidhānam) the procedure
vṛddhiśrāddham
(vṛddhiśrāddham) the vṛddhi-śrāddha
śaṅkara
O Śaṅkara

Meaning

Her second question: which rites need the fire rite and the ancestral offering, and which do not. The sentence runs into the next verse.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 1.