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Bahvṛca Upaniṣad 1 (Sanskrit Documents numbering)
Bahvṛca Upaniṣad 1 (Sanskrit Documents numbering)
Bahvṛca Upaniṣad 1 (Sanskrit Documents numbering)
Canonical source text
देवी ह्येकाग्र एवासीत् । सैव जगदण्डमसृजत् । कामकलेति विज्ञायते । शृंगारकलेति विज्ञायते ॥
IAST transliteration
devī hy ekāgra evāsīt | saiva jagadaṇḍam asṛjat | kāmakaleti vijñāyate | śṛṅgārakaleti vijñāyate ||
Close translation
The Goddess was one at first. She herself emitted the world-egg. She is known as Kāmakalā. She is known as Śṛṅgārakalā.
Reader-friendly meaning
A beginning: one Goddess, then the world-egg. Names of kalā are philosophical titles in this line, not a ritual key.
Meenananda editorial explanation
This house hears the one Mother before the many names of the calendar.
Bahvṛca Upaniṣad 1, Sanskrit Documents recension (bahvricha.html). Sanskrit: public-domain Devanagari as encoded at Sanskrit Documents (sanskritdocuments.org). Foundation translations: CC BY-SA 4.0.
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English
The Goddess was one at first. She herself emitted the world-egg. She is known as Kāmakalā. She is known as Śṛṅgārakalā.
বাংলা
দেবী প্রথমে এক ছিলেন। তিনিই জগদণ্ড সৃষ্টি করলেন। তাঁকে কামকলা বলে জানা যায়। শৃঙ্গারকলা বলে জানা যায়।
हिन्दी
देवी पहले एक थीं। उन्होंने ही जगदण्ड रचा। उन्हें कामकला कहा जाता है। श्रृङ्गारकला कहा जाता है।