Manava Dharmashastra 1.56
Manvarthamuktāvalī 1.56
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1.56
aṇavo mātrāḥ puryaṣṭakarūpā yasya so'ṇumātrikaḥ| puryaṣṭakaśabdena bhūtādīnyaṣṭāvucyante| taduktaṃ sanandena—“bhūtendriyamanobuddhivāsanākarmavāyavaḥ| avidyā cāṣṭakaṃ proktaṃ puryaṣṭamṛṣisattamaiḥ||” brahmapurāṇe'pyuktam—“puryaṣṭakena liṅgena prāṇādyena sa yujyate| tena baddhasya vai bandho mokṣo muktasya tena tu||” yadāṇumātriko bhūtvā saṃpadya sthāsnu vṛkṣādihetubhūtaṃ, cariṣṇu mānuṣādikāraṇaṃ bījaṃ praviśatyadhitiṣṭhati tadā saṃsṛṣṭaḥ puryaṣṭaka yukto mūrtiṃ sthūladehāntaraṃ karmānurūpaṃ vimuñcati gṛhṇāti|
prāsaṅgikaṃ jīvasyotkramaṇamabhidhāya prakṛtamupasaṃharati—