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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.242

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 242

विवाहःMarriage

Verse 242

समुल्लिख्य निमित्तानि वृणुयाद्वरमुत्तमम् । गोत्रप्रवरनामानि प्रत्येकं प्रपितामहात् ॥ २४२ ॥

samullikhya nimittāni vṛṇuyādvaramuttamam | gōtrapravaranāmāni pratyēkaṁ prapitāmahāt || 242 ||

Translation

and naming the occasion, he should choose the excellent bridegroom: uttering one by one, from the great-grandfather,

Word by word

samullikhya
having named
nimittāni
the occasion
vṛṇuyāt
(vṛṇuyāt) he should choose
varam
(varam) the bridegroom
uttamam
(uttamam) excellent
gōtra
gotra
pravara
pravara
nāmāni
and names
pratyēkaṁ
one by one
prapitāmahāt
from the great-grandfather

Meaning

The occasion (nimitta) and the lineage are stated.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 241.