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# Mandaramaranda 17.2

Mandāramaranda 17.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.mandaramaranda.17.2)

rahayuktākṣarātpūrvaṃ rayuktātkupuvarṇataḥ  
pūrvaṃ varṇaṃ vikalpena guruṃ kecitpracakṣate  
gaṇastu dvividhaḥ prokto varṇamātrāvibhedataḥ  
tatra varṇagaṇastu syādakṣaratritayātmakaḥ  
mayau rasau tajabhanā ityaṣṭāṇaṃgaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ  
trigo mo mukhalo yaḥ syānmadhyalo ro'ntagaśca saḥ  
antyalasto madhyago jo mukhago bhastrilastu naḥ  
śrīkāntaḥ | kapālī | rādhikā | kamalā | kṛṣṇāya | karoti | pāthasi  
bhavati | iti  
madhyācchandasi codbhūtā ime varṇagaṇā matāḥ  
masya bhūmirdevatā syātsaṃpattiḥ phalamiṣyate  
yasya pātho devatā syātphalaṃ vṛddhiḥ prakīrtitā  
rasya vahnirdevatā syātphalaṃ maraṇamīritam  
sasya vāyurdevatā syāddeśāntaragatiḥ phalam  
tasyākāśo devatā syātphalaṃ śūnyaṃ prakīrtitam  
jasya sūryo devatā syādrogaprāptiḥ phalaṃ matā  
bhasya candro devatā syātphalaṃ kīrtirudāhṛtā  
nasya nāko devatā syātphalaṃ ca sukhamacyutam  
kalācatuṣṭayātmā tu mātrāgaṇa udāhṛtaḥ  
bhajasādviguruścaiva nalaśceti sa pañcadhā  
rodhasi | taṭepu | nalinaṃ | mitraḥ | kathayati | iti  
chando'pi dvividhaṃ proktaṃ vārṇamātravibhedataḥ  
vārṇaṃ tūktādikaṃ proktaṃ mātraṃ tvāryādikaṃ matam  
pādānta eva kecicca pādamadhye'pi kecana  
yatiṃ vadanti tatrāpi viśeṣaḥ sphuṭamucyate  
dhātunāmasvabhinneṣu yatirbhavati nānyathā  
kṛṣṇa eva paraṃ vetti rādhikāyā manogatam  
paśyantīṃ vīkṣya kālindīkūlakuñjamagāttataḥ

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Mandāramarda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.mandaramarda.17.2) — Kṛṣṇamiśra, Sanskrit
- [Mandāramaganda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.mandaramaganda.15.2) — Kṛṣṇamiśra, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.mandaramaranda.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.mandaramaranda.17.2) · Pramāṇa
