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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.79

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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 79

षोड़शोपचाराः, उपचारप्रदानमन्त्राःThe sixteen offerings and their mantras

Verse 79

अमृतञ्चैव ताम्बूलं तर्पणञ्च नतिक्रिया । प्रयोजयेदर्च्चनायामुपचारांश्च षोडश ॥ ७९ ॥

amṛtañcaiva tāmbūlaṁ tarpaṇañca natikriyā | prayōjayēdarccanāyāmupacārāṁśca ṣōḍaśa || 79 ||

Translation

nectar, betel, tarpaṇa and the act of bowing: these sixteen offerings he should make in the worship.

Word by word

amṛta
nectar (wine)
ñcaiva
(ca eva) and
tāmbūlaṁ
betel
tarpaṇa
tarpaṇa
ñca
(ca) and
nati
bowing
kriyā
act
prayōjayēd
(prayojayet) should make
arccanāyām
in the worship
upacārāṁś
(upacārān) offerings
ca
and
ṣōḍaśa
sixteen

Meaning

Amṛta, "nectar", is wine, the commentary says.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Amṛtam: wine. Prayojayet: he should offer.