Shloka 7
Mudrā-vidhāna (Lalitopākhyāna): Āvāhanī–Saṃkṣobhiṇī–Ākarṣiṇī and allied Mudrās
Devanagari script
पुटाकारौ करौ कृत्वा तर्जन्यावङ्कुशाकृती / परिवर्तक्रमेणैव मध्यमे तदधोगते
Transliteration
puṭākārau karau kṛtvā tarjanyāvaṅkuśākṛtī / parivartakrameṇaiva madhyame tadadhogate
Translation
Make both hands into the puṭa (cupped) form, with both index fingers shaped like an aṅkuśa; then, by the very sequence of turning, let the middle finger come to rest beneath it.
Word by Word
puṭa-ākārau(both) in a cupped shape
puṭa-ākārau:
Karma (कर्म/Object complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootpuṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Dual (द्विवचन); qualifying karau; Tatpuruṣa: ‘having the shape of a hollow/cupped form’
karau(the two) hands
karau:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootkara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Dual (द्विवचन)
kṛtvāhaving made
kṛtvā:
Kriya (क्रिया/Conjunctive action)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (कृ धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययभाव), ‘having done/made’
tarjanyauthe two index fingers
tarjanyau:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottarjanī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)
aṅkuśa-ākṛtīhook-shaped
aṅkuśa-ākṛtī:
Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṅkuśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन); qualifying tarjanyau; Tatpuruṣa: ‘hook-shaped’
parivarta-krameṇaby a turning sequence
parivarta-krameṇa:
Karaṇa (करण/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootparivarta (प्रातिपदिक) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘by the sequence of turning/rotation’
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle/Emphasis (निपात)
madhyamein the middle
madhyame:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhyama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
tad-adhaḥ-gatein the position below that
tad-adhaḥ-gate:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + adhaḥ (अव्यय) + gata (गम् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त)
FormLocative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter; Tatpuruṣa: ‘gone below that/being beneath it’