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
उसके बाहर बुद्धिमान साधक चार आयुधों का न्यास करे। अग्नि आदि कोणों में (उनका) न्यास करे और मध्य में चार पीठों का न्यास करे।
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)