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Tantraloka [sanskrit text]
by Jun Takashima | 2020 | 46,255 words
The Sanskrit text of the Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta including grammatical analysis, English glossary and comparative print editions. The Tantraloka (“light on Tantra”) was written by Abhinavagupta in the 10th century in Kashmir and represents a major Encyclopedic work in Shaivism dealing with many core aspects and terminology.
Verse 8.390
नादोर्ध्वतस्तु सौषुम्नं तत्र तच्छक्तिभृत्प्रभुः ।
तदीशः पिङ्गलेलाभ्यां वृतः सव्यापसव्ययोः ॥ ३९० ॥
nādordhvatastu sauṣumnaṃ tatra tacchaktibhṛtprabhuḥ |
tadīśaḥ piṅgalelābhyāṃ vṛtaḥ savyāpasavyayoḥ || 390 ||
The English translation of Tantraloka Verse 8.390 is contained in the book Sri Tantraloka by Satya Prakash Singh & Swami Maheshvarananda. 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 (8.390). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nada, Urdhvatah, Urdhvatas, Tatra, Tat, Tad, Shaktibhrit, Prabhu, Isha, Ish, Pingala, Ila, Vrit, Vrita, Savyapasavya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Tantraloka Verse 8.390). 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: “nādordhvatastu sauṣumnaṃ tatra tacchaktibhṛtprabhuḥ ”
- nādo -
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nāda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ūrdhvatas -
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ūrdhvataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ūrdhvatas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- Cannot analyse sauṣumnam*ta
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tacch -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- śaktibhṛt -
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śaktibhṛt (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]śaktibhṛt (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- prabhuḥ -
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prabhu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]prabhu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “tadīśaḥ piṅgalelābhyāṃ vṛtaḥ savyāpasavyayoḥ ”
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- īśaḥ -
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īśa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]īś (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- piṅgale -
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piṅgala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]piṅgala (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]piṅgalā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ilābhyām -
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ilā (noun, feminine)[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
- vṛtaḥ -
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vṛt (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]vṛt (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]vṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]
- savyāpasavyayoḥ -
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savyāpasavya (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]savyāpasavya (noun, neuter)[genitive dual], [locative dual]savyāpasavyā (noun, feminine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Tantraloka Verse 8.390
Sri Tantraloka (Set of 8 Volumes)
by Paramahansa Mishra (2000)
[श्री तन्त्रालोकः (संस्कृत एवं हिंदी अनुवाद)] Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation; Published by Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; With two commentaries: Viveka (विवेक) by Ācārya Śrī Jayaratha and Nīrakṣīraviveka (नीरक्षीरविवेक) by Paramhans Mishra.
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Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta (with Jnanavati Hindi commentary)
by Radheshyam Chaturvedi (2002)
[आचार्य अभिनवगुप्त द्वारा रचित तंत्रलोक: संस्कृत एवम् हिन्दी अनुवाद (पाँच खंडों में)] Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation and Commentary; Published by Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan.
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Sri Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta
by Giriratna Misra (2018)
With Viveka Saṃskṛta Commentary by Rājānaka Jayaratha; Sanskrit Text, Transliteration, Sarveshwari English commentary; With Glossary and Central Idea of Each Śloka; Published by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan
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