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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 5.173

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Ullāsa 5 · Verse 173

Verse 173

तद्बाह्येऽष्टदलं पद्मं तद्बहिर्भूपुरं लिखेत् । चतुर्द्वारसमायुक्तं सुरेखं सुमनोहरम् ॥ १७३ ॥

tadbāhyē’ṣṭadalaṁ padmaṁ tadbahirbhūpuraṁ likhēt | caturdvārasamāyuktaṁ surēkhaṁ sumanōharam || 173 ||

Translation

outside them an eight-petalled lotus, and outside that the earth-square with four doors, well drawn and very beautiful.

Word by word

tadbāhyē’ṣṭadalaṁ
outside them, eight-petalled
padmaṁ
lotus
tadbahirbhūpuraṁ
outside that, the earth-square
likhēt
should draw
caturdvārasamāyuktaṁ
with four doors
surēkhaṁ
well drawn
sumanōharam
very beautiful

Meaning

The yantra of Ādyā Kālī.