कुलार्णव-तन्त्रम्
kulārṇava-tantram
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chapter-4, verse-75
अम्बादेव्यै नमः प्रोक्तो मन्त्रन्यासो महेश्वरि ।
आधारलिङ्गयोर्नाभिहृत्कण्ठे नेत्रयोरपि ॥७५॥
आधारलिङ्गयोर्नाभिहृत्कण्ठे नेत्रयोरपि ॥७५॥
75. ambādevyai namaḥ prokto mantranyāso maheśvari ,
ādhāraliṅgayornābhihṛtkaṇṭhe netrayorapi.
ādhāraliṅgayornābhihṛtkaṇṭhe netrayorapi.
75.
ambādevyai namaḥ proktaḥ mantranyāsaḥ maheśvari
ādhāraliṅgayoḥ nābhihṛtkaṇṭhe netrayoḥ api
ādhāraliṅgayoḥ nābhihṛtkaṇṭhe netrayoḥ api
75.
maheśvari,
ambādevyai namaḥ (iti) mantranyāsaḥ proktaḥ,
ādhāraliṅgayoḥ nābhihṛtkaṇṭhe netrayoḥ api
ambādevyai namaḥ (iti) mantranyāsaḥ proktaḥ,
ādhāraliṅgayoḥ nābhihṛtkaṇṭhe netrayoḥ api
75. O Maheśvarī, thus is declared the placement of the mantra 'homage to Ambā Devī' - at the base and the liṅga, at the navel, the heart and the throat, and also at the two eyes.
Words meanings summery:
(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)
- अम्बादेव्यै (ambādevyai) - to Ambā Devī, the Mother Goddess
- नमः (namaḥ) - homage, salutation
- प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - declared, taught, said
- मन्त्रन्यासः (mantranyāsaḥ) - the placement of the mantra (on the body)
- महेश्वरि (maheśvari) - O great goddess
- आधारलिङ्गयोः (ādhāraliṅgayoḥ) - of/at the base and the liṅga
- नाभिहृत्कण्ठे (nābhihṛtkaṇṭhe) - at the navel, the heart, and the throat
- नेत्रयोः (netrayoḥ) - of/at the two eyes
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
Words meanings and morphology
अम्बादेव्यै (ambādevyai) - to Ambā Devī, the Mother Goddess
(proper noun)
Dative, feminine, singular of ambādevī
ambādevī - Ambā Devī, the Mother Goddess
Compound type : karmadhāraya (ambā+devī)
- ambā – mother
proper noun (feminine) - devī – goddess
noun (feminine)
Note: part of the mantra formula 'ambādevyai namaḥ', homage to Ambā Devī
नमः (namaḥ) - homage, salutation
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of namas
namas - homage, obeisance, salutation
Note: completes the mantra formula of homage together with the preceding dative
प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - declared, taught, said
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of prokta
prokta - declared, spoken, taught
Past Passive Participle
from pra+√vac 'to speak' (vac becomes ukta in the participle)
Prefix: pra
Root: vac (class 2)
Note: agrees with mantranyāsaḥ
मन्त्रन्यासः (mantranyāsaḥ) - the placement of the mantra (on the body)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mantranyāsa
mantranyāsa - ritual placement of a mantra on the body
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mantra+nyāsa)
- mantra – sacred formula, mantra
noun (masculine) - nyāsa – ritual placement, deposit
noun (masculine)
from ni+√as 'to throw, place'
Prefix: ni
Root: as (class 4)
Note: subject of proktaḥ
महेश्वरि (maheśvari) - O great goddess
(proper noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of maheśvarī
maheśvarī - the great goddess, the great mistress
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+īśvarī)
- mahā – great
adjective - īśvarī – goddess, mistress, ruler
noun (feminine)
Note: address to the goddess, the interlocutor of this teaching
आधारलिङ्गयोः (ādhāraliṅgayoḥ) - of/at the base and the liṅga
(noun)
Locative, dual of ādhāraliṅga
ādhāraliṅga - the base (root support-centre) and the liṅga (symbolic emblem)
Compound type : dvandva (ādhāra+liṅga)
- ādhāra – support, base, the root centre (mūlādhāra)
noun (masculine) - liṅga – emblem, mark, symbolic centre
noun (neuter)
Note: two of the bodily centres where the mantra/deity is placed in nyāsa
नाभिहृत्कण्ठे (nābhihṛtkaṇṭhe) - at the navel, the heart, and the throat
(noun)
Locative, singular of nābhihṛtkaṇṭha
nābhihṛtkaṇṭha - the navel, the heart and the throat
Compound type : dvandva (nābhi+hṛt+kaṇṭha)
- nābhi – navel
noun (feminine) - hṛt – heart
noun (neuter) - kaṇṭha – throat
noun (masculine)
Note: singular locative used loosely to cover all three centres of the dvandva compound, a common compressed usage in ritual texts
नेत्रयोः (netrayoḥ) - of/at the two eyes
(noun)
Locative, neuter, dual of netra
netra - eye
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)