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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 14.27

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 14 · Verse 27

अधिवासद्रव्याणिThe things for the adhivāsa

Verse 27

सिद्धार्थं काञ्चनं रौप्यं ताम्रं दीपश्च दर्पणम् । अधिवासविधौ विंशद्द्रव्याण्येतानि योजयेत् ॥ २७ ॥

siddhārthaṁ kāñcanaṁ raupyaṁ tāmraṁ dīpaśca darpaṇam | adhivāsavidhau viṁśaddravyāṇyētāni yōjayēt || 27 ||

Translation

white mustard, gold, silver, copper, a lamp and a mirror: these twenty things he should use in the rite of adhivāsa.

Word by word

siddhārthaṁ
white mustard
kāñcanaṁ
gold
raupyaṁ
silver
tāmraṁ
copper
dīpaś
(dīpaḥ) a lamp
ca
and
darpaṇam
a mirror
adhivāsa
of adhivāsa
vidhau
in the rite
viṁśad
(viṁśat) twenty
dravyāṇi
things
ētāni
these
yōjayēt
he should use

Meaning

The commentary glosses "siddhārtha" as white mustard. The count of twenty closes the list begun in the last verse.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 26.