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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.265

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 265

आरामसेत्वादि प्रतिष्ठाक्रमःGardens, bridges and the rest

Verse 265

देवागारप्रतिष्ठायां य एष कथितः क्रमः । आरामसेतुसंक्रामशाखिनामीरितोऽपि सः ॥ २६५ ॥

dēvāgārapratiṣṭhāyāṁ ya ēṣa kathitaḥ kramaḥ | ārāmasētusaṁkrāmaśākhināmīritō’pi saḥ || 265 ||

Translation

The order told for installing a temple of a god is declared for gardens, bridges, causeways and trees as well.

Word by word

dēva
of a god
āgāra
(āgāra) a temple
pratiṣṭhāyāṁ
for installing
yaḥ
(yaḥ) which
ēṣaḥ
(eṣaḥ) this
kathitaḥ
(kathitaḥ) is told
kramaḥ
(kramaḥ) the order
ārāma
gardens
sētu
bridges
saṁkrāma
causeways
śākhinām
and trees
īritaḥ
(īritaḥ) is declared
api
as well
saḥ
(saḥ) it

Meaning

The temple rite is the pattern for the other dedications.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 264.