Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 144
ललितोपाख्याने जप-न्यास-योगप्रकरणम्
Lalitopākhyāna: Procedure of Japa, Nyāsa, and Yogic Installation
Devanagari script
मध्यवृत्तंन्यसित्वा च नित्याषोडशकं न्यसेत् / कामेश्वरी तथा नित्या नित्या च भगमालिनी
Transliteration
madhyavṛttaṃnyasitvā ca nityāṣoḍaśakaṃ nyaset / kāmeśvarī tathā nityā nityā ca bhagamālinī
Translation
安置中央圆轮之后，当安置十六位“常恒女神”(Nityā)。迦梅湿瓦丽（Kāmeśvarī）亦为一位Nityā，而“Bhagamālinī”亦为Nityā。
Word by Word
madhya-vṛttamthe central circle
madhya-vṛttam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhya + vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (central circle)
nyasitvāhaving placed
nyasitvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootni-√as (अस्) / nyas (धातु) + क्त्वा → nyasitvā (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having placed’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
nityā-ṣoḍaśakamthe set of sixteen Nityās
nityā-ṣoḍaśakam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnityā + ṣoḍaśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (group of sixteen Nityās)
nyasetshould place
nyaset:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस्) with ni- prefix; ‘nyas’ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), 3rd person singular, परस्मैपद, एकवचन
kāmeśvarīKāmeśvarī (name)
kāmeśvarī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāma + īśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष
tathāalso
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (also)
nityāNityā (name)
nityā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnityā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
nityāNityā (name)
nityā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnityā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (and)
bhagamālinīBhagamālinī (name)
bhagamālinī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaga + mālinī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (garlanded with bhaga/fortune; name)