महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-8, verse-254
चतुर्विंशतितत्त्वानि कर्माणि दैहिकानि च ।
हुत्वाऽग्नौ निष्क्रियो देहं मृतवच्चिन्तयेत्ततः ॥२५४॥
हुत्वाऽग्नौ निष्क्रियो देहं मृतवच्चिन्तयेत्ततः ॥२५४॥
254. caturviṁśatitattvāni karmāṇi daihikāni ca ,
hutvā'gnau niṣkriyo dehaṁ mṛtavaccintayettataḥ.
hutvā'gnau niṣkriyo dehaṁ mṛtavaccintayettataḥ.
254.
caturviṃśatatvāni karmāṇi daihikāni ca hutvā
agnau niṣkriyaḥ deham mṛtavat cintayet tataḥ
agnau niṣkriyaḥ deham mṛtavat cintayet tataḥ
254.
caturviṃśatitattvानि daihikāni karmāṇi ca agnau
hutvā niṣkriyaḥ tataḥ deham mṛtavat cintayet
hutvā niṣkriyaḥ tataḥ deham mṛtavat cintayet
254. Having offered the twenty-four principles and the bodily actions into the fire, remaining inactive, one should thereafter contemplate the body as dead.
Words meanings summery:
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- चतुर्विंशतितत्त्वानि (caturviṁśatitattvāni) - the twenty-four principles
- कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, rituals
- दैहिकानि (daihikāni) - pertaining to the body, bodily
- च (ca) - and
- हुत्वा (hutvā) - having sacrificed, having offered
- अग्नौ (agnau) - in the fire
- निष्क्रियः (niṣkriyaḥ) - inactive, without action
- देहम् (deham) - body
- मृतवत् (mṛtavat) - like a dead person, like a corpse
- चिन्तयेत् (cintayet) - should contemplate, should think
- ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, then
Words meanings and morphology
चतुर्विंशतितत्त्वानि (caturviṁśatitattvāni) - the twenty-four principles
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of caturviṃśatitattva
caturviṁśatitattva - twenty-four principles or categories
Compound type : karmadharaya (caturviṃśati+tattva)
- caturviṃśati – twenty-four
adjective (feminine) - tattva – truth, reality, principle, category
noun (neuter)
कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, rituals
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of karman
karman - action, deed, work, ritual
दैहिकानि (daihikāni) - pertaining to the body, bodily
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, plural of daihika
daihika - corporeal, bodily
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
हुत्वा (hutvā) - having sacrificed, having offered
(verb)
active, absolutive of hu
absolutive
Root: hu (class 3)
अग्नौ (agnau) - in the fire
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of agni
agni - fire
निष्क्रियः (niṣkriyaḥ) - inactive, without action
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣkriya
niṣkriya - inactive, devoid of activity
Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+kriyā)
- nis – out, without
indeclinable - kriyā – action, activity
noun (feminine)
देहम् (deham) - body
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body
मृतवत् (mṛtavat) - like a dead person, like a corpse
(adverb)
चिन्तयेत् (cintayet) - should contemplate, should think
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of cintay
Root: cint (class 10)
ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, then
(indeclinable)