348 - List of mono-syllabic words

Agni said: 

1-2. Ishall describe the mono-syllabic (words) ending with the letters (of the alphabet). (The letter) "a" (denotes) (lord) Vishņu and negation. 'A' (means) Brahmå, a sentence as well as a boundary. 'A', when used as an interjection would also be (an expression of) anger and affliction. 'I' (signifies) (God of) love. I (denotes) Rati (the wife of God of love) and Lakshmi (Goddess of wealth and consort of Lord Vishņu). 'U' (signifies) (lord) Siva (and) U’, the demons and others. 

3. 'R' (denotes) a word and ‘r’, (the deity) Aditi (the mother of Aditya). (The letters) l and l (respectively) (denote) Diti (the mother of the demons) and Guha (son of Siva and Parvati). 'E' (denotes) the goddess and 'ai' would mean Yogini (female attendant of the Goddess). 'O' (signifies) Brahma and 'au', Maheśvara (Lord Siva). 

4-5. "Am (denotes) the God of love and, aḥ a commendable thing. 'Ka' (stands for) Brahma and others (and) 'ku' contemptible thing. (The letter) 'kham' signifies void, the senses and a sword. A Gandharva and (lord) Vinayaka (lord of obstacles) (are denoted by the letter) 'gam'. "Go' (signifies) a song and the singer. "Gha' stands for a bell, a small bell and the like and beating. (The letter) 'na' signifies desire and Bhairava (a terrible form of lord Siva). 

6. "Ca' (stands for) the wicked (and) stainless. "Cha' (indicates) division and 'ji', conquering. 'Jam (denotes) a song and jha', commendable. (The letter) 'ña' (signifies) strength and tah', singing. 

7. "Tha' (denotes) the orb of Moon, (lord) Śiva and tying. 'Da' is regarded (as signifying) Rudra, sound and fear. Dha' (denotes) a drum and sound. 

8. “Na' (means) extraction and ascertainment. 'Ta' (signifies) a thief and the inside of the tail. ‘Tha' (denotes) eating, 'daḥ, cutting, sustaining and ornamentation. 

9. “Dhaḥ' (signifies) Brahnia and the dhuttūra (flower), 'Na' (stands for) a collection and correct course of action, 'Pa' is known (to denote) a garden, Pha' is regarded (as signifying) a squall. 

10. 'Pha' (stands for) phutkära (blowing with the mouth) and fruitlessness. 'Bi' (denotes) a bird and 'bham, the asterism. Ma, would (mean) Goddess of wealth, measure and mother. “Ya' (stands for) a sacrifice, traveller and a brave person. 

11. (The letter) 'raḥ' (denotes) Fire (god), strength and Indra. (The letter) 'la' is said (to denote) the creator. Vi (signifies) separation and 'Va', Varuņa. "Sah' (means) lying down and 'sam, happiness. 

12. "shah' (denotes) excellence and 'saħ', the past. 'Sä' (means) Lakshmi (the goddess of fortune) and 'saħ is regarded (as representing) locks of hair. 'Ha' (denotes) sustenance and Rudra (a form of Siva). Ksha' (stands for) the warrior class and regarded as the alphabet (imperishable). 

13. (The letter) ksh0 (denotes) (lord) Nrusimha, Hari and the guardians of the land (and entrance). A sacred formula of one syllable (should be deemed as) the deity (itself whom it represents) and it confers enjoyment and emancipation. 

14. The formula (running as) ksaum obeisance to Hayasiras¹ confers all knowledge. The letter 'a' and the other letters 

1. The horse-headed form assumed by Lord Visnu to rescue the Vedas. 

 (described above are also) formulae. (They are known as) matrkämantras and are excellent. 

15-16. These (deities of the måtrukamantras) and the nine Durgås-Bhagavati, Katyayani, Kausiki, Chandika, Prachanţā, Suranâyika, Ugra, Parvati and Durgå. Om, we may know (the Goddess) Chandika, let us meditate on the goddess and may (Goddess) Durgå lead our mind tu that. Then the worshipshould be done in the proper way together with the six accessories. The gañashould be an aspirate. 

17-18. Then (the goddesses) Ajita, Aparajita, Jaya, Vijaya, Katyayani, Bhadrakäli, Mangala, Siddhi and Revati and the accomplished (deities) Vaţukasshould be worshipped. The nine guardian deities Hetuka, Käpålika, Ekapáda and Bhimarüpa (should be worshipped) in the middle. 

19-20. Hrim! O Durgå ! (2) Protector! Oblations for the sake of perfection of the formula. Then (goddess) Gauri, Dharma and others and the female energies (such as) Skandashould be worshipped. Prajña, Jñänå, Kriya, Vāchā, Vägisī, Jvålini, Kamini, Kämamålå, the energies of Indra and othersshould be worshipped. 

21-23a. "Om gam oblations" (is) the basic formula. “Gam, obeisance to Ganapati (lord of the Ganas)" (is) the accessory formula. The six accessory (worshipshould be done). They are Raktaśukla (red and white), Dantākṣha (having axis like tusk), Parašūtkața (powerful axe), Samodaka (having the sweet ball cake), Gandhädi (fragrance etc.), and Gandholkāya (to the person having a fragrant stick) in order. The elephant (god), the great lord of the Gaņas (attendants) and having a magnificent incense stickshould be worshipped. Oblation to Kūshmåņda, to the single-tusked one, to the destroyer of the three cities, to the black-teethed one, to one whose dreadful laughter startles (all), to one having elongated nose and face, to one having the lotus in the tusk, to Megholka, to Dhūmolka, to one having curved trunk, to the lord of obstacles, to the fierce and dreadful one, to one having the gait of the elephant of Indra, one having the serpent-lord (Våsuki) as a necklace, to one bearing the cresacent moon, and the lord of the Gaņas (attendants). After having worshipped with thcsc formulac ending with oblations and with (the performance of) the oblations with sesamum, one would get wealth. 

23b-24a. The formulae may, in the alternative, consist of the letters beginning with ka and with the subtle syllable and ending with obeisance separately having two ras and two faces and two eyes. 

24b. Ishall describe now the grammar that was imparted by Skanda to Katyāyana.