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:

अङ्कनं शङ्ख-चक्राद्यैः सच्-छिद्र-पुण्ड्र उच्यते
दास-शब्द-युतं नाम मन्त्रो युगल-सम्ज्ञकम्

aṅkanaṃ śaṅkha-cakrādyaiḥ sac-chidra-puṇḍra ucyate
dāsa-śabda-yutaṃ nāma mantro yugala-samjñakam

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

aṅkānām—the mark; śaṅkha-cakrādyaiḥ—of the conchshell, disc, and other signs; sac-chidra-puṇḍraVaiṣnava tilaka; ucyate—is said; dāsa-śabda-yutam—withe the word "dāsa"; nāma—name; mantraḥmantra; yugala-samjñakam—the two mantras.

English translation of verse:

The marking is the marking of the conchshell, disc, and other signs. The tilaka is Vaiṣṇava tilaka. The name is the name to which the word "da _sa" (servant) is added. The mantra is the two mantras already described.

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