Sanatkumara Samhita

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The is is the english translation of the Sanatkumara Samhita. Sanatkumara in Sanskrit means “eternal youth”. Sage Sanatkumara was one of the Four Kumaras, the four Manasputras (mind-born-sons) or spiritual sons of Brahma. Sanatkumara is also the author of the Sanatkumara Samhita, which is part of the Shiva Purana, and has 59 chapters. Alternative ...

Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:

आचक्राद्यैः पञ्चाङ्गानि तैर् एव करयोर् अपि
अथ चैतद् द्वयं विप्र बीजेनैव समाचरेत्

ācakrādyaiḥ pañcāṅgāni tair eva karayor api
atha caitad dvayaṃ vipra bījenaiva samācaret

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

ācakrādyaiḥ—beginning with the cakra; pa 24cāṅgāni—five aṅgas; taiḥ—with them; eva—indeed; karayoḥ—of the hands; api—also; atha—then; ca—and; etat—this; dvayam—two; vipraO brāhmaṇa; bījena—with the bija; eva—indeed; samācaret—should perform.

English translation of verse:

Beginning with the cakra one should perform the pañcāṅga- nyāsa and the kara-nyāsa. O brāhmaṇa, one should perform them both with the bīja-syllable.

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