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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.105

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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 105

बलिदानविधिःThe rule of offering bali

Verse 105

मृगश्छागश्च मेषश्च लुलापः शूकरस्तथा । शल्लकी शशको गोधा कूर्मः खड्गी दश स्मृताः ॥ १०५ ॥

mṛgaśchāgaśca mēṣaśca lulāpaḥ śūkarastathā | śallakī śaśakō gōdhā kūrmaḥ khaḍgī daśa smṛtāḥ || 105 ||

Translation

The deer, goat, sheep, buffalo, boar, porcupine, hare, iguana, tortoise and rhinoceros: these ten are held approved.

Word by word

mṛgaś
(mṛgaḥ) deer
chāgaś
(chāgaḥ) goat
ca
and
mēṣaś
(meṣaḥ) sheep
lulāpaḥ
buffalo
śūkaras
(śūkaraḥ) boar
tathā
and
śallakī
porcupine
śaśakō
(śaśakaḥ) hare
gōdhā
iguana
kūrmaḥ
tortoise
khaḍgī
rhinoceros
daśa
ten
smṛtāḥ
are held

Meaning

Lulāpa is the buffalo, the commentary says.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

To the question "which animal is approved in the rite of offering bali?" he says "mṛga…". Lulāpa: the buffalo. These ten, the deer and the rest, are held approved in the rite of offering bali.