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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.39

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 39

प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest

Verse 39

वासोभूषणपर्यङ्कयानसिंहासनानि च । पानप्राशनताम्बूलभाजनानि पतद्ग्रहम् ॥ ३९ ॥

vāsōbhūṣaṇaparyaṅkayānasiṁhāsanāni ca | pānaprāśanatāmbūlabhājanāni patadgraham || 39 ||

Translation

Clothes, ornaments, couches, carriages and thrones, vessels for drinking, for eating and for betel, and a spittoon,

Word by word

vāsaḥ
(vāsaḥ) clothes
bhūṣaṇa
ornaments
paryaṅka
couches
yāna
carriages
siṁhāsanāni
and thrones
ca
and
pāna
for drinking
prāśana
for eating
tāmbūla
for betel
bhājanāni
vessels
patadgraham
a spittoon

Meaning

Verses 39-40 list the furnishings one may give to a deity. The commentary explains "patadgraha" as the vessel that receives the water, betel and the like that fall from the mouth.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Patadgraham: a particular vessel that receives the water, betel and the like that fall from the mouth (a spittoon).