Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 143
ललितोपाख्याने जप-न्यास-योगप्रकरणम्
Lalitopākhyāna: Procedure of Japa, Nyāsa, and Yogic Installation
Devanagari script
तद्बहिर्विन्न्यसेद्धीमानायुधानां चतुष्टयम् / न्यसेदग्न्यादिकोणेषु मध्ये पीठचतुष्टयम्
Transliteration
tadbahirvinnyaseddhīmānāyudhānāṃ catuṣṭayam / nyasedagnyādikoṇeṣu madhye pīṭhacatuṣṭayam
Translation
Outside that, the wise one should place the set of four weapons. And he should install the four pīṭhas in the corners—beginning with the fire-corner—and in the center.
Word by Word
tatthat (chakra/triangle etc.)
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (that/it)
bahiḥoutside
bahiḥ:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbahiḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (outside)
viapart/fully (as prefix)
vi:
Upasarga (उपसर्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvi (उपसर्ग)
Formउपसर्ग (preverb) attached to verb ‘nyaset’
nyasetshould place
nyaset:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस्) with ni- prefix; ‘nyas’ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), 3rd person singular, परस्मैपद, एकवचन; ‘should place’
dhīmānthe wise practitioner
dhīmān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गुणवाचक (the wise one)
āyudhānāmof weapons
āyudhānām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootāyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
catuṣṭayama set of four
catuṣṭayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcatuṣ + ṭaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘group of four’
nyasetshould place
nyaset:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस्) with ni- prefix; ‘nyas’ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), 3rd person singular, परस्मैपद, एकवचन
agni-ādi-koṇeṣuin the corners beginning with the Agni corner
agni-ādi-koṇeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootagni + ādi + koṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (koṇa), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (agni-ādi = beginning with Agni) qualifying koṇeṣu
madhyein the center
madhye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘in the middle’ (locative used adverbially)
pīṭha-catuṣṭayamthe set of four seats/pedestals
pīṭha-catuṣṭayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpīṭha + catuṣṭaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (catuṣṭaya of pīṭhas)