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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.297

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 297

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Verse 297

तारमायारमाद्येन ङे नमोऽन्तेन विन्यसेत् ॥ २९७ ॥

tāramāyāramādyēna ṅē namō’ntēna vinyasēt || 297 ||

Translation

He should place them with oṁ, hrīṁ, śrīṁ before, the name in the dative, and namaḥ at the end.

Word by word

tāra
tāra
māyā
māyā
ramā
ramā
ādyēna
(ādyena) beginning with
ṅē
in the dative
namaḥ
(namaḥ) namaḥ
antēna
(antena) ending in
vinyasēt
he should place

Meaning

The commentary gives the form, for example oṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ pṛthivītattvāya namaḥ, "to the principle of earth, salutation", placed on the feet.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But with what mantra should he place the earth principle and the rest on the feet and the rest? To that he says "tāra" and the rest. With the mantra beginning with tāra, māyā and ramā, oṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ and so on, then the earth principle and the rest in the dative (ṅe), and ending in "namaḥ", he should place the earth principle and the rest on the feet and the rest.