महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-13, verse-264
वेश्मप्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा
देवं नत्वाऽशयेद्द्विजान् ॥२६४॥
देवं नत्वाऽशयेद्द्विजान् ॥२६४॥
264. veśmapradakṣiṇaṁ kṛtvā
devaṁ natvā'śayeddvijān.
devaṁ natvā'śayeddvijān.
264.
veśma-pradakṣiṇam kṛtvā
devam natvā-āśayet-dvijān
devam natvā-āśayet-dvijān
264.
veśma-pradakṣiṇam kṛtvā
devam natvā dvijān āśayet
devam natvā dvijān āśayet
264. (Having performed) circumambulation of the shrine, having bowed to the god, he should feed the brahmins.
Words meanings summery:
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- वेश्म-प्रदक्षिणम् (veśma-pradakṣiṇam) - circumambulation of the shrine (circumambulation of the house, circumambulation of the shrine or temple)
- कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed (having done, having made, having performed)
- देवम् (devam) - to the god (to the god, the deity)
- नत्वा (natvā) - having bowed (having bowed, having saluted)
- आशयेत् (āśayet) - he should feed (he should feed, he should cause to eat)
- द्विजान् (dvijān) - the brahmins (twice-born men, brahmins)
Words meanings and morphology
वेश्म-प्रदक्षिणम् (veśma-pradakṣiṇam) - circumambulation of the shrine (circumambulation of the house, circumambulation of the shrine or temple)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of veśma-pradakṣiṇa
veśma-pradakṣiṇa - circumambulation of a house or temple
Compound type : tatpurusha (veśman+pradakṣiṇa)
- veśman – house, dwelling, temple, shrine
noun (neuter)
Root: viś (class 6) - pradakṣiṇa – moving to the right, circumambulation
noun (neuter)
कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed (having done, having made, having performed)
(verb)
active, absolutive of kṛ
absolutive
gerund formed with -tvā
Root: kṛ (class 8)
देवम् (devam) - to the god (to the god, the deity)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of deva
deva - a god, a deity, a divine being
नत्वा (natvā) - having bowed (having bowed, having saluted)
(verb)
active, absolutive of nam
absolutive
gerund formed with -tvā
Root: nam (class 1)
आशयेत् (āśayet) - he should feed (he should feed, he should cause to eat)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of āśaya
causative
causative of aś
Root: aś (class 9)
द्विजान् (dvijān) - the brahmins (twice-born men, brahmins)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of dvija
dvija - twice-born, brahmin, bird, tooth