प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 274
वाट्यालबदरीजम्बुवकुलाः शाल्मलिस्तथा । एते निगदिताः स्नाने कषायाः पञ्च भूरुहाः ॥ २७४ ॥
vāṭyālabadarījambuvakulāḥ śālmalistathā | ētē nigaditāḥ snānē kaṣāyāḥ pañca bhūruhāḥ || 274 ||
Translation
Vāṭyāla, badarī, jambu, vakula and śālmali: these five trees are named the astringents for the bath.
Word by word
- vāṭyāla
- vāṭyāla
- badarī
- badarī
- jambu
- jambu
- vakulāḥ
- (vakulāḥ) vakula
- śālmaliḥ
- (śālmaliḥ) and śālmali
- tathā
- and
- ētē
- these
- nigaditāḥ
- (nigaditāḥ) are named
- snānē
- for the bath
- kaṣāyāḥ
- (kaṣāyāḥ) the astringents
- pañca
- five
- bhūruhāḥ
- (bhūruhāḥ) trees
Meaning
Decoctions of the bark of these trees make the five kaṣāyas.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But with which five astringents (kaṣāya), which five flowers and which three leaves should he bathe the image? To that he says "vāṭyāla" and the rest.