प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 291
तवर्गञ्च वामबाहौ दक्षवामोरुयुग्मयोः । पवर्गञ्च यवर्गञ्च शवर्गं मस्तके न्यसेत् ॥ २९१ ॥
tavargañca vāmabāhau dakṣavāmōruyugmayōḥ | pavargañca yavargañca śavargaṁ mastakē nyasēt || 291 ||
Translation
…the ta group on the left arm; on the pair of thighs, right and left, the pa group and the ya group; and the śa group on the head.
Word by word
- tavargaṁ
- the ta group
- ca
- and
- vāma
- left
- bāhau
- on the arm
- dakṣa
- right
- ūru
- (ūru) of thighs
- yugmayōḥ
- (yugmayoḥ) on the pair
- pavargaṁ
- the pa group
- yavargaṁ
- the ya group
- śavargaṁ
- the śa group
- mastakē
- on the head
- nyasēt
- he should place
Meaning
The commentary frames these verses as answering "which group on which limb?"
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 290.