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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra, Ullāsa 8 – Closing

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Ullāsa 8 · Closing

स्वस्ति श्रीमहानिर्वाणतन्त्रे सर्वतन्त्रोत्तमोत्तमे सर्वधर्मनिर्णयसारे श्रीमदाद्यासदाशिवसंवादे वर्णाश्रमाचारधर्मकथनं नामाष्टमोल्लासः ।

svasti śrīmahānirvāṇatantrē sarvatantrōttamōttamē sarvadharmanirṇayasārē śrīmadādyāsadāśivasaṁvādē varṇāśramācāradharmakathanaṁ nāmāṣṭamōllāsaḥ |

Translation

Auspiciousness! In the glorious Mahānirvāṇa Tantra, the best of all Tantras, the essence of the ruling on every dharma, the dialogue of the glorious Ādyā and Sadāśiva: the eighth chapter, called "The telling of the dharma of conduct of the classes and stages of life".

Word by word

svasti
auspiciousness
śrī
glorious
mahānirvāṇa
Mahānirvāṇa
tantrē
in the Tantra
sarva
all; every
tantra
Tantras
uttamōttamē
the best of the best
dharma
dharma
nirṇaya
ruling
sārē
in the essence
śrīmad
glorious
ādyā
Ādyā
sadāśiva
Sadāśiva
saṁvādē
in the dialogue
varṇa
of the classes
āśrama
and stages of life
ācāra
of conduct
kathanaṁ
the telling
nāma
named
aṣṭamōllāsaḥ
the eighth ullāsa