महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-8, verse-260
शिखामाश्रित्य पितरो देवा देवर्षयस्तथा ।
सर्वाण्याश्रमकर्माणि निवसन्ति शिखोपरि ॥२६०॥
सर्वाण्याश्रमकर्माणि निवसन्ति शिखोपरि ॥२६०॥
260. śikhāmāśritya pitaro devā devarṣayastathā ,
sarvāṇyāśramakarmāṇi nivasanti śikhopari.
sarvāṇyāśramakarmāṇi nivasanti śikhopari.
260.
śikhām āśritya pitaro devā devarṣayas tathā
sarvāṇi āśramakarmāṇi nivasanti śikhopari
sarvāṇi āśramakarmāṇi nivasanti śikhopari
260.
pitaro devā devarṣayas tathā śikhām āśritya
sarvāṇi āśramakarmāṇi śikhopari nivasanti
sarvāṇi āśramakarmāṇi śikhopari nivasanti
260. Depending on the tuft of hair, the ancestors, the gods, and the divine seers as well, and all the duties of the stages of life, reside upon the tuft of hair.
Words meanings summery:
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- शिखाम् (śikhām) - tuft of hair (tuft of hair, crest)
- आश्रित्य (āśritya) - depending on (having taken shelter in, having resorted to, depending on)
- पितरो (pitaro) - ancestors (ancestors, fathers)
- देवा (devā) - gods (gods, divine beings)
- देवर्षयस् (devarṣayas) - divine seers (divine seers, royal or divine ṛṣis)
- तथा (tathā) - as well (thus, and, as well as)
- सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all
- आश्रमकर्माणि (āśramakarmāṇi) - duties of the stages of life
- निवसन्ति (nivasanti) - reside (reside, dwell, live)
- शिखोपरि (śikhopari) - upon the tuft of hair
Words meanings and morphology
शिखाम् (śikhām) - tuft of hair (tuft of hair, crest)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of śikhā
śikhā - tuft of hair, crest
आश्रित्य (āśritya) - depending on (having taken shelter in, having resorted to, depending on)
(verb)
active, absolutive of āśri
absolutive / gerund
ā + śri
Prefix: ā
Root: śri (class 1)
पितरो (pitaro) - ancestors (ancestors, fathers)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor
देवा (devā) - gods (gods, divine beings)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of deva
deva - god, divine being
देवर्षयस् (devarṣayas) - divine seers (divine seers, royal or divine ṛṣis)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of devarṣi
devarṣi - divine seer
Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+ṛṣi)
- deva – divine, god
noun (masculine) - ṛṣi – seer, sage
noun (masculine)
तथा (tathā) - as well (thus, and, as well as)
(indeclinable)
सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every
आश्रमकर्माणि (āśramakarmāṇi) - duties of the stages of life
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of āśramakarman
āśramakarman - duties of the stages of life
Compound type : tatpurusha (āśrama+karman)
- āśrama – stage of life, hermitage
noun (masculine) - karman – action, duty, ritual action
noun (neuter)
निवसन्ति (nivasanti) - reside (reside, dwell, live)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nivas
Prefix: ni
Root: vas (class 1)
शिखोपरि (śikhopari) - upon the tuft of hair
(adverb)
Compound type : avyayībhāva (śikhā+upari)
- śikhā – tuft of hair, crest
noun (feminine) - upari – above, upon, over
indeclinable