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# Navaratrapradipa 1\_72

Navarātrapradīpa 1\_72

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava.navaratrapradipa.1_72)

amā ṣoḍaśabhāgena devi ! proktā mahākalā .  
saṃsthitā paramā māyā dehinā dehadhāriṇī .  
amādipaurṇamāsyantā yā eva śaśinaḥ kalāḥ .  
tithayastāḥ samākhyātāḥ ṣoḍaśaiva varānane ! .. iti .

> “The great sixteenth part \[of the moon\], O Goddess, is called the Amā; / she is the supreme Māyā, abiding in embodied beings and sustaining the body. / The digits of the moon that begin with the amā and end with the full moon— / those are declared to be the sixteen lunar days, O fair-faced one!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava.navaratrapradipa~en-mt.1_72) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Vīramitrodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.viramitrodaya.18) — Mitramiśra 1610, Sanskrit
- [Kālanirṇaya (Kālamādhavīya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.kalamadhaviya.4.p11) — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- [Kāladīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.utkala.kaladipa.p9) — Divyasiṃha Mahāpātra 1640, Sanskrit
- [Tithinirṇaya (Mahāmahopādhyāya Rājanātha Rāje)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithinirnaya-mahamahopadhyaya-rajanatha-raje.1.p6) — Mahāmahopādhyāya Rājanātha Rāje, Sanskrit

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