महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-10, verse-31
ततो जपेद्ब्रह्मविद्यां
गायत्रीं दशधा शिवे ॥३१॥
गायत्रीं दशधा शिवे ॥३१॥
31. tato japedbrahmavidyāṁ
gāyatrīṁ daśadhā śive.
gāyatrīṁ daśadhā śive.
31.
tatas japeta brahmavidyām
gāyatrīm daśadhā śive
gāyatrīm daśadhā śive
31.
tataḥ śive brahmavidyām
gāyatrīm daśadhā japeta
gāyatrīm daśadhā japeta
31. Then, O Śive, one should recite the brahmavidyā gāyatrī ten times.
Words meanings summery:
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- ततस् (tatas) - then (then, thereupon, after that)
- जपेत (japeta) - one should recite (should recite, should mutter)
- ब्रह्मविद्याम् (brahmavidyām) - the knowledge of Brahman (knowledge of Brahman, supreme knowledge)
- गायत्रीम् (gāyatrīm) - the Gāyatrī mantra
- दशधा (daśadhā) - ten times (tenfold, ten times)
- शिवे (śive) - O Śive (O Śiva, O auspicious one (feminine))
Words meanings and morphology
ततस् (tatas) - then (then, thereupon, after that)
(indeclinable)
जपेत (japeta) - one should recite (should recite, should mutter)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of jap
Root: jap (class 1)
Note: Used in the sense of a prescriptive injunction
ब्रह्मविद्याम् (brahmavidyām) - the knowledge of Brahman (knowledge of Brahman, supreme knowledge)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of brahmavidyā
brahmavidyā - knowledge of Brahman, supreme spiritual knowledge
A tatpurusha compound of brahman and vidyā
Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+vidyā)
- brahman – brahman, the absolute, sacred speech
noun (neuter) - vidyā – knowledge, learning, science, spell
noun (feminine)
गायत्रीम् (gāyatrīm) - the Gāyatrī mantra
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of gāyatrī
gāyatrī - the Gāyatrī (sacred Vedic meter and mantra)
दशधा (daśadhā) - ten times (tenfold, ten times)
(adverb)
शिवे (śive) - O Śive (O Śiva, O auspicious one (feminine))
(proper noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of śivā
śivā - auspicious female, Śivā (Pārvatī)