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 7.168

अहनि द्वादश प्रोक्ता रात्रौ वै द्वादश स्मृताः ।
पूर्वाह्णे विषुवत्त्वेकं मध्याह्ने तु द्वितीयकम् ॥ १६८ ॥

ahani dvādaśa proktā rātrau vai dvādaśa smṛtāḥ |
pūrvāhṇe viṣuvattvekaṃ madhyāhne tu dvitīyakam || 168 ||

The Sanskrit text of Svacchanda-tantra Verse 7.168 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 (7.168). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahan, Dvadasha, Dvadashan, Prokta, Ratrau, Ratra, Smrita, Smrito, Purvahna, Vishuvat, Tva, Eka, Madhyahna, Dvitiyaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Svacchanda-tantra Verse 7.168). 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: “ahani dvādaśa proktā rātrau vai dvādaśa smṛtāḥ
  • ahani -
  • ahan (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • dvādaśa -
  • dvādaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvādaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvādaśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    dvādaśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • proktā* -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • rātrau -
  • rātrau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • dvādaśa -
  • dvādaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvādaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvādaśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    dvādaśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • smṛtāḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    smṛto (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “pūrvāhṇe viṣuvattvekaṃ madhyāhne tu dvitīyakam
  • pūrvāhṇe -
  • pūrvāhṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • viṣuvat -
  • viṣuvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    viṣuvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tve -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ekam -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    eka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • madhyāhne -
  • madhyāhna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • dvitīyakam -
  • dvitīyaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvitīyaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dvitīyakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Svacchanda-tantra Verse 7.168

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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