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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.86

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 86

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Verse 86

पिण्डन्तु रचयेत्तत्र सिद्धान्नैस्तण्डुलैश्च वा । यवगोधूमचूर्णैर्वा धात्रीफलसमं प्रिये ॥ ८६ ॥

piṇḍantu racayēttatra siddhānnaistaṇḍulaiśca vā | yavagōdhūmacūrṇairvā dhātrīphalasamaṁ priyē || 86 ||

Translation

He should make the piṇḍa there of cooked rice or of raw rice, or of barley or wheat flour, the size of an āmalaka fruit, beloved.

Word by word

piṇḍam
(piṇḍam) the piṇḍa
tu
and
racayēt
(racayet) should make
tatra
there
siddha
cooked
annaiḥ
(annaiḥ) rice
taṇḍulaiḥ
(taṇḍulaiḥ) raw rice
ca
and
vā
or
yava
barley
gōdhūma
wheat
cūrṇaiḥ
(cūrṇaiḥ) flour
dhātrī
āmalaka
phala
fruit
samaṁ
the size
priyē
O beloved

Meaning

Dhātrī is the āmalaka, the Indian gooseberry.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 85.