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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.89

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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 89

षोड़शोपचाराः, उपचारप्रदानमन्त्राःThe sixteen offerings and their mantras

Verse 89

ततः सामान्यविधिना पुरतो मण्डलं लिखेत् । तस्योपरि न्यसेत् पात्रं नैवेद्यपरिपूरितम् ॥ ८९ ॥

tataḥ sāmānyavidhinā puratō maṇḍalaṁ likhēt | tasyōpari nyasēt pātraṁ naivēdyaparipūritam || 89 ||

Translation

Then by the general rule he should draw a maṇḍala in front, and on it set a vessel filled with food.

Word by word

tataḥ
then
sāmānya
general
vidhinā
by the rule
puratō
(purataḥ) in front
maṇḍalaṁ
a maṇḍala
likhēt
should draw
tasya
its
upari
on
nyasēt
should set
pātraṁ
a vessel
naivēdya
food offering
paripūritam
filled with

Meaning

A triangle or square, the commentary says.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Then, after that, by the general rule, the common procedure, he should draw in front a triangular or four-cornered maṇḍala, and over that maṇḍala place, set, a vessel filled with the food offering (naivedya).