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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.102

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
801
Minutes
400
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 102

आवरणदेवतापूजाWorship of the surrounding deities

Verse 102

असिताङ्गो रुरुश्चण्डः क्रोधोन्मत्तो भयङ्करः । कपाली भीषणश्चैव संहारोऽष्टौ च भैरवाः ॥ १०२ ॥

asitāṅgō ruruścaṇḍaḥ krōdhōnmattō bhayaṅkaraḥ | kapālī bhīṣaṇaścaiva saṁhārō’ṣṭau ca bhairavāḥ || 102 ||

Translation

Asitāṅga, Ruru, Caṇḍa, Krodhonmatta, Bhayaṅkara, Kapālī, Bhīṣaṇa and Saṁhāra: the eight Bhairavas.

Word by word

asitāṅgō
(asitāṅgaḥ) Asitāṅga
ruruś
(ruruḥ) Ruru
caṇḍaḥ
Caṇḍa
krōdhōnmattō
(krodhonmattaḥ) Krodhonmatta
bhayaṅkaraḥ
Bhayaṅkara
kapālī
Kapālī
bhīṣaṇaś
(bhīṣaṇaḥ) Bhīṣaṇa
caiva
(ca eva) and
saṁhārō
(saṁhāraḥ) Saṁhāra
aṣṭau
eight
ca
and
bhairavāḥ
Bhairavas

Meaning

Eight fierce forms of Śiva who guard the lotus.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He names in one verse, "asitāṅga…", the eight Bhairavas to be worshipped.