Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 11
Mudrā-vidhāna (Lalitopākhyāna): Āvāhanī–Saṃkṣobhiṇī–Ākarṣiṇī and allied Mudrās
Devanagari script
इयं महाङ्कुशा मुद्रा सर्वकार्यार्थसाधिका
Transliteration
iyaṃ mahāṅkuśā mudrā sarvakāryārthasādhikā
Translation
This is the Mahāṅkuśā mudrā, the accomplisher of the aims of all undertakings.
Word by Word
इयम्this
इयम्:
कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun ‘this’
महā-अङ्कुशāgreat-hook (mahāṅkuśā)
महā-अङ्कुशā:
विशेषण (Adjectival)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहā (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; karmadhāraya ‘great-hook (named)’ qualifying mudrā
मुद्राgesture/seal (mudrā)
मुद्रा:
कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमुद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
सर्व-कार्य-अर्थ-साधिकाaccomplishing all purposes/ends
सर्व-कार्य-अर्थ-साधिका:
विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + साधिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; multi-member tatpuruṣa ‘accomplishing the aims of all actions’