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Bhāvanā Upaniṣad, fourteen nāḍīs (Sanskrit Documents recension)

Canonical source text

अलम्बुसा कुहूर्विश्वोदरी वरुणा हस्तिजिह्वा यशस्वत्यश्विनी गान्धारी पूषा शङ्खिनी सरस्वतीडा पिङ्गला सुषुम्ना चेति चतुर्दश नाड्यः । सर्वसंक्षोभिण्यादिचतुर्दशारगा देवताः ।

IAST transliteration

alambusā kuhūr viśvodarī varuṇā hastijihvā yaśasvaty aśvinī gāndhārī pūṣā śaṅkhinī sarasvatīḍā piṅgalā suṣumnā ceti caturdaśa nāḍyaḥ | sarvasaṃkṣobhiṇyādi caturdaśāragā devatāḥ |

Close translation

Alambusā, Kuhū, Viśvodarī, Varuṇā, Hastijihvā, Yaśasvatī, Aśvinī, Gāndhārī, Pūṣā, Śaṅkhinī, Sarasvatī, Iḍā, Piṅgalā and Suṣumṇā — these are the fourteen nāḍīs. The deities of the fourteen triangles beginning with Sarvasaṃkṣobhiṇī correspond to them.

Reader-friendly meaning

A named list of fourteen channels set beside fourteen triangles. Later ritual manuals are not mixed into this citation.

Meenananda editorial explanation

The table on the explorer page repeats these names. No nyāsa is taught.

Bhāvanā Upaniṣad, fourteen nāḍīs, Sanskrit Documents recension. Recensions differ. Sanskrit: public-domain Devanagari as encoded at Sanskrit Documents (sanskritdocuments.org). Foundation translations: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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English

বাংলা

অলম্বুসা, কুহূ, বিশ্বোদরী, বরুণা, হস্তিজিহ্বা, যশস্বতী, অশ্বিনী, গান্ধারী, পূষা, শঙ্খিনী, সরস্বতী, ইড়া, পিঙ্গলা ও সুষুম্না — চোদ্দ নাড়ী। সর্বসংক্ষোভিণী থেকে চোদ্দ ত্রিকোণের দেবতা তাদের সমকক্ষ।

हिन्दी

अलम्बुसा, कुहू, विश्वोदरी, वरुणा, हस्तिजिह्वा, यशस्वती, अश्विनी, गान्धारी, पूषा, शङ्खिनी, सरस्वती, इडा, पिङ्गला और सुषुम्ना — चौदह नाड़ियाँ। सर्वसङ्क्षोभिणी से चौदह त्रिकोण की देवताएँ उनके अनुरूप हैं।