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 4.22

कृष्णोर्ध्वकेशा मलिनाः कृष्णमाल्याम्बरच्छदाः ।
रक्ताक्षी स्त्री च यं स्वप्ने पुरुषं त्ववगूहयेत् ॥ २२ ॥

kṛṣṇordhvakeśā malināḥ kṛṣṇamālyāmbaracchadāḥ |
raktākṣī strī ca yaṃ svapne puruṣaṃ tvavagūhayet || 22 ||

The Sanskrit text of Svacchanda-tantra Verse 4.22 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:

Buy now! Sanskrit text by Dr. Paramahansa Mishra (डॉ. परमहंस मिश्र) (2004)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Krishna, Urdhvakesha, Malina, Krishnamalya, Ambaracchada, Raktakshi, Raktakshin, Stri, Yah, Svapna, Purusha, Tva, Ava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Svacchanda-tantra Verse 4.22). 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: “kṛṣṇordhvakeśā malināḥ kṛṣṇamālyāmbaracchadāḥ
  • kṛṣṇo -
  • kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ūrdhvakeśā* -
  • ūrdhvakeśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ūrdhvakeśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • malināḥ -
  • malina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    malinā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kṛṣṇamālyā -
  • kṛṣṇamālya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛṣṇamālya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ambaracchadāḥ -
  • ambaracchada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “raktākṣī strī ca yaṃ svapne puruṣaṃ tvavagūhayet
  • raktākṣī -
  • raktākṣī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    raktākṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    raktākṣin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • strī -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • svapne -
  • svapna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svapna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svapnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • puruṣam -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puruṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tva -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ava -
  • ava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    av (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    ava (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • gūhayet -
  • guh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Svacchanda-tantra Verse 4.22

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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