Svacchanda-tantra [sanskrit]

30,869 words | ISBN-10: 8172700989 | ISBN-13: 9788172700980

The Sanskrit edition of the Svacchanda-tantra, a large work in the form of a manaul describing Kashmir Shaiva rituals. The extant Svacchandatantra contains over 3,000 shlokas (metrical verses) and highlights the worship of Svacchanda Bhairava (a fierce form of Shiva) and his consort Aghoreshvari. The text can be dated to at least the 7th century. Alternative titles: Svacchandatantra (स्वच्छन्दतन्त्र), Śrīsvacchandatantram (श्रीस्वच्छन्दतन्त्रम्, Shrisvacchandatantram)

Verse 2.236

पराङ्मुखं तु त्रीन्वारान् संमुखं त्रींस्तथैव च ।
अस्त्रेणैव तु मन्त्रेण अवद्योतः शिवाग्निना ॥ २३६ ॥

parāṅmukhaṃ tu trīnvārān saṃmukhaṃ trīṃstathaiva ca |
astreṇaiva tu mantreṇa avadyotaḥ śivāgninā || 236 ||

The Sanskrit text of Svacchanda-tantra Verse 2.236 is contained in the book Sri Svacchandatantram (Set of 5 Volumes) by Dr. Paramahansa Mishra (डॉ. परमहंस मिश्र). This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.236). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paranmukha, Tri, Vara, Mukha, Tatha, Astra, Mantra, Avadya, Uta, Shivagni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Svacchanda-tantra Verse 2.236). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “parāṅmukhaṃ tu trīnvārān saṃmukhaṃ trīṃstathaiva ca
  • parāṅmukham -
  • parāṅmukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    parāṅmukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • trīn -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vārān -
  • vāra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mukham -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • trīṃs -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “astreṇaiva tu mantreṇa avadyotaḥ śivāgninā
  • astreṇai -
  • astra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • mantreṇa -
  • mantra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • avadyo -
  • avadya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avadya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avadyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • utaḥ -
  • uta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    -> uta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb]
    u (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • śivāgninā -
  • śivāgni (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    śivāgni (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Svacchanda-tantra Verse 2.236

Cover of edition (2004)

Svacchandatantram (Two Volumes)
by Prof.Radheyshyam Chaturvedi (2004)

With the Commentary Svacchandodyota by Acarya Sri Ksemaraja and Jnanavati; [Sanskrit Text With Hindi Translation]; [स्व्छ्न्द्तन्त्रम]; [Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan]

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