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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.187

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 187

देवगेहप्रतिष्ठाThe installation of a temple

Verse 187

त्रिशूलमथवा चक्रं विन्यस्य भवनोपरि । रोपयेन्मन्दिरेशाने सपताकं ध्वजं सुधीः ॥ १८७ ॥

triśūlamathavā cakraṁ vinyasya bhavanōpari | rōpayēnmandirēśānē sapatākaṁ dhvajaṁ sudhīḥ || 187 ||

Translation

Setting a trident or a discus on top of the building, the wise man should plant a staff with its banner at the north-east corner of the temple.

Word by word

triśūlam
a trident
athavā
or
cakraṁ
a discus
vinyasya
setting
bhavana
of the building
upari
(upari) on top
rōpayēt
(ropayet) should plant
mandira
of the temple
īśānē
(īśāne) at the north-east
sapatākaṁ
with its banner
dhvajaṁ
a staff
sudhīḥ
(sudhīḥ) the wise man

Meaning

The trident crowns a temple of Śiva or the Devī, the discus one of Viṣṇu.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Triśūlam" and the rest. The wise man, setting a trident or a discus on top of the building, should plant a flagstaff with its banner (sapatāka, together with a banner) at the north-east corner of the house (mandireśāne).