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:

अभितश् चन्दनेनाथ मध्ये कुङ्कुम-बिन्दुना
रचितं तिलकं भाले बिभ्रतं मण्डलाकृतिम्

abhitaś candanenātha madhye kuṅkuma-bindunā
racitaṃ tilakaṃ bhāle bibhrataṃ maṇḍalākṛtim

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

abhitaḥ—near; candanena—with sandal paste; atha—then; madhye—in the middle; kuṅkuma-bindunā—with a kunkuma dot; racitam—made; tilakam—tilaka; bhāle—on the forehead; bibhratam—holding; maṇḍalākṛtim—round.

English translation of verse:

. . . whose forehead is marked with tilaka of sandal paste and musk, . . .

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