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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 5.82

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 5 · Verse 82

Verse 82

उपविश्यासने विद्वान् प्राङ्मुखो वाप्युदङ्मुखः । बद्धवीरासनो मन्त्री विजयां परिशोधयेत् ॥ ८२ ॥

upaviśyāsanē vidvān prāṅmukhō vāpyudaṅmukhaḥ | baddhavīrāsanō mantrī vijayāṁ pariśōdhayēt || 82 ||

Translation

The wise practitioner, seated facing east or north in the vīra posture, should purify the vijayā.

Word by word

upaviśyāsanē
seated on the seat
vidvān
the wise one
prāṅmukhō
facing east
vāpyudaṅmukhaḥ
or facing north
baddhavīrāsanō
in the vīra posture
mantrī
the practitioner
vijayāṁ
the vijayā
pariśōdhayēt
should purify

Meaning

Vijayā is glossed by the commentary as bhaṅgā (hemp), which the rite consecrates as an offering.