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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.64

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 64

वास्तुराक्षसध्यानम्The meditation of the rākṣasa Vāstu

Verse 64

लम्बोदरं दीर्घकर्णं लोमशं पीतवाससम् । गदात्रिशूलपरशुखट्वाङ्गं दधतं करैः ॥ ६४ ॥

lambōdaraṁ dīrghakarṇaṁ lōmaśaṁ pītavāsasam | gadātriśūlaparaśukhaṭvāṅgaṁ dadhataṁ karaiḥ || 64 ||

Translation

…pot-bellied, long-eared, hairy, wearing yellow clothes, holding in his hands the mace, the trident, the axe and the khaṭvāṅga,

Word by word

lamba
hanging
udaraṁ
(udaram) bellied
dīrgha
long
karṇaṁ
eared
lōmaśaṁ
hairy
pīta
yellow
vāsasam
wearing clothes
gadā
the mace
triśūla
the trident
paraśu
the axe
khaṭvāṅgaṁ
and the khaṭvāṅga
dadhataṁ
holding
karaiḥ
(karaiḥ) in his hands

Meaning

The commentary glosses "lomaśa" as covered with much hair. The khaṭvāṅga is a staff topped with a skull.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Lomaśam: covered with much hair.