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# Shantikamalakara 2.10.1

Śāntikamalākara 2.10.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.2.10.1)

ṣaṃ śāṃtāyai namaḥ - oṃ yaśovatyai namaḥ - oṃ kāṃtāyai namaḥ - oṃ viśālāyainamaḥ - oṃ prāṇavāhinyai namaḥ - oṃ satyai namaḥ - oṃ sumanāyai namaḥ - oṃ naṃdāyai namaḥ - oṃ bhadrayai namaḥ .. iti paścādārabhya prāgaṃtā udaksaṃsthānavarekhāḥ kṛtvā . punaḥ oṃ hiraṇyāyau namaḥ - oṃ suprabhāyai namaḥ - oṃ lakṣmyai namaḥ - oṃ vibhūtyai namaḥ - oṃ vimalāyai namaḥ - oṃ vidyāyai namaḥ - oṃ jayāyai namaḥ - oṃ kālāyai namaḥ - oṃ viśokāyai namaḥ .. iti dakṣiṇā raṃbhā udagaṃtāḥ prāksaṃ sthānavarekhāḥ kṛtvā madhyakoṣṭa catuṣṭayamekī kṛtya koṇeṣu rekhāṃ datvā tenārdhapadāni saṃpadyaṃ te .. tatastatra brahmadīnā vāhayet .. vāstoścaturaśraṃ śarīraṃdevā ākramya sthitā iti .. tattadevapadeca tattaddevānā māvāhanaṃ - tatra madhyapada cutaṣke hṛdaye brahmaṇenama iti - brahmaṇaṃ āvāhayāmityāvāhya, pūrvapadadvaye dakṣiṇa stane āryamṇe namaḥ ityaryamṇa māvāhayāmi . dakṣiṇa padadvaye ḍaṭhara dakṣiṇe vivasvate namaḥ vivasvaṃta māvāhayāmi . paścima padadvaye jaṭhara dakṣiṇe vivasvate namaḥ vivasvaṃta māvāhayāmi . paścima padadvaye jaṭharavāme mitrāya namaḥ mitraṃ māvāhayāmi . udak‌padadvavāmastane pṛdhivīdharāyanamaḥ pṛthīvī dhara māvāhayāmi . tatrabrahmasamīpasthāne agneya padārthayordakṣiṇa haste sāvitra savitārau .. tatra pūrvārdhe sāvitryāyanamaḥ sāvitrya māhavāyāmi . paścimārthe savitre namaḥ savitāra māvāhayāmi .. naiṛtya padārthayo vṛṣaṇameḍhrayorvi budhādhipajayau . tatrapūrvārdhe vibudhādipāya namaḥ

> 'Om, obeisance to Śāntā; om, obeisance to Yaśovatī; om, obeisance to Kāntā; om, obeisance to Viśālā; om, obeisance to Prāṇavāhinī; om, obeisance to Satī; om, obeisance to Sumanā; om, obeisance to Nandā; om, obeisance to Bhadrā'—having drawn these nine lines ending in the east, beginning from the west and terminating in the north; again: 'Om, obeisance to Hiraṇyā; om, obeisance to Suprabhā; om, obeisance to Lakṣmī; om, obeisance to Vibhūti; om, obeisance to Vimalā; om, obeisance to Vidyā; om, obeisance to Jayā; om, obeisance to Kālā; om, obeisance to Viśokā'—having drawn these nine lines ending in the north, beginning from the south and terminating in the east, having unified the central group of four squares, and having drawn a line across the corners, thereby half-squares are produced. Then, one should invoke Brahmā and the others there. Since the gods abide having occupied the four-cornered body of the Vāstu\[-puruṣa\], the invocation of the respective deities takes place in the respective deities' squares. There, in the central group of four squares, at the heart, with 'Obeisance to Brahmā', having invoked with 'I invoke Brahmā'; in the pair of eastern squares, at the right breast, with 'Obeisance to Aryaman', \[he invokes\] 'I invoke Aryaman'; in the pair of southern squares, at the right side of the belly, with 'Obeisance to Vivasvat', he invokes Vivasvat; in the pair of western squares, at the left side of the belly, with 'Obeisance to Mitra', he invokes Mitra; in the pair of northern squares, at the left breast, with 'Obeisance to Pṛthivīdhara', he invokes Pṛthivīdhara. There, in the location near Brahmā, in the half-squares of the southeast, at the right hand, are Sāvitra and Savitṛ; there, in the eastern half, with 'Obeisance to Sāvitra', he invokes Sāvitra; in the western half, with 'Obeisance to Savitṛ', he invokes Savitṛ; in the half-squares of the southwest, at the testicles and penis, are Vibudhādhipa and Jaya; there, in the eastern half, with 'Obeisance to Vibudhādhipa'—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.10.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Dānacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.danacandrika-divakara.1.5) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1658, Sanskrit

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