प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 292
वर्णन्यासं विधायेत्थं तत्त्वन्यासं समाचरेत् ॥ २९२ ॥
varṇanyāsaṁ vidhāyētthaṁ tattvanyāsaṁ samācarēt || 292 ||
Translation
Having made the nyāsa of letters in this way, he should perform the nyāsa of the principles.
Word by word
- varṇa
- of letters
- nyāsaṁ
- the nyāsa
- vidhāya
- having made
- itthaṁ
- in this way
- tattva
- of the principles
- samācarēt
- he should perform
Meaning
The tattva nyāsa places the principles of creation on the image's body, so that it holds the whole cosmos.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But on which limb of the deity should he place which principle (tattva)? To that he says "pādayoḥ pṛthivītattvam" and the rest.