प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 290
मुखे स्वरान् कवर्गञ्च कण्ठदेशे न्यसेत् बुधः । चवर्गमुदरे दक्षबाहौ टाद्यक्षराणि च ॥ २९० ॥
mukhē svarān kavargañca kaṇṭhadēśē nyasēt budhaḥ | cavargamudarē dakṣabāhau ṭādyakṣarāṇi ca || 290 ||
Translation
The wise man should place the vowels in the mouth, the ka group at the throat, the ca group on the belly, and the letters from ṭa on the right arm;
Word by word
- mukhē
- in the mouth
- svarān
- the vowels
- kavargaṁ
- the ka group
- ca
- and
- kaṇṭha
- the throat
- dēśē
- at
- nyasēt
- should place
- budhaḥ
- (budhaḥ) the wise man
- cavargam
- the ca group
- udarē
- on the belly
- dakṣa
- right
- bāhau
- on the arm
- ṭa
- ṭa
- ādi
- (ādi) from
- akṣarāṇi
- (akṣarāṇi) the letters
Meaning
The groups (varga) of the alphabet: vowels, ka, ca, ṭa, ta, pa, ya and śa.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But on which limb of the deity should he place which group? To that he says "mukhe svarān" and the rest.