Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 10
Mudrā-vidhāna (Lalitopākhyāna): Āvāhanī–Saṃkṣobhiṇī–Ākarṣiṇī and allied Mudrās
Devanagari script
अस्यास्त्वनामिकायुग्ममधः कृत्वाङ्कुशाकृति / तर्जन्यावपि तेनैव क्रमेण विनियोजयेत्
Transliteration
asyāstvanāmikāyugmamadhaḥ kṛtvāṅkuśākṛti / tarjanyāvapi tenaiva krameṇa viniyojayet
Translation
Bend the pair of ring fingers downward, shaping them like an aṅkuśa (the sacred goad), and in the same order arrange the index fingers as well.
Word by Word
अस्याःof this (hand/gesture)
अस्याः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; pronoun genitive singular (of this/her)
तुindeed/and
तु:
सम्बन्ध (निपात/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात/particle (contrast/emphasis)
अनामिका-युग्मम्the pair of ring-fingers
अनामिका-युग्मम्:
कर्म (कर्म/Direct object)
TypeNoun
Rootअनामिका (प्रातिपदिक) + युग्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; tatpuruṣa ‘pair of ring-fingers’
अधःdownwards/below
अधः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निपात)
Formअव्यय; adverb of direction (downwards)
कृत्वाhaving placed/made
कृत्वा:
पूर्वकाल (Absolutive; prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); having done/made
अङ्कुश-आकृतिःa hook-like form
अङ्कुश-आकृतिः:
कर्मधार्य-निर्देश (Predicate/description of form)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्कुश (प्रातिपदिक) + आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘hook-shape’
तर्जन्यौthe two index-fingers
तर्जन्यौ:
कर्म (कर्म/Direct object)
TypeNoun
Rootतर्जनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन; ‘two index-fingers’
अपिalso
अपि:
सम्बन्ध (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; particle (also/even)
तेनby that/with that
तेन:
करण (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; instrumental ‘by that/with that’
एवindeed/just
एव:
सम्बन्ध (Emphasis particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; emphatic particle (only/just)
क्रमेणin sequence
क्रमेण:
क्रियाविशेषण (Manner)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental ‘in order/stepwise’
विनियोजयेत्should arrange/apply
विनियोजयेत्:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + नि + युज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘should apply/arrange’