Shloka 8
Mudrā-vidhāna (Lalitopākhyāna): Āvāhanī–Saṃkṣobhiṇī–Ākarṣiṇī and allied Mudrās
Devanagari script
क्रमेणानेन देवर्षे मध्यमामध्यगे ऽनुजे / अनामिके तु सरले तद्बहिस्तर्जनीद्वयम्
Transliteration
krameṇānena devarṣe madhyamāmadhyage 'nuje / anāmike tu sarale tadbahistarjanīdvayam
Translation
हे देवर्षि! इसी क्रम से मध्यमा के मध्य में कनिष्ठा को रखो; अनामिका को सरल रखो और उसके बाहर दोनों तर्जनियाँ स्थित हों।
Word by Word
krameṇaby sequence/stepwise
krameṇa:
Karaṇa (करण/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootkrama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
anenaby this
anena:
Karaṇa (करण/Means)
TypeAdjective
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); pronominal adjective
devarṣeO divine sage
devarṣe:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva-ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘divine sage’
madhyamāthe middle finger
madhyamā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhyamā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
madhyagein the middle
madhyage:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeAdjective
Rootmadhya-ga (गम् धातु + ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक))
FormPresent participial adjective (वर्तमानकृदन्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter; ‘being in the middle’
anujeO younger one
anuje:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootanuja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Feminine (पुं/स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
anāmikein the ring finger
anāmike:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootanāmikā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
saralestraight/aligned
sarale:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/State)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying anāmike
tad-bahiḥ-tarjanī-dvayamthe two index fingers (placed) outside that
tad-bahiḥ-tarjanī-dvayam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bahiḥ (अव्यय) + tarjanī (प्रातिपदिक) + dvi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘the pair of index fingers outside that’