奥义书 · Tripurātāpinī 67
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सैवाग्रेऽङ्कुशाकृतिः षष्ठी । दक्षिणशये वामबाहुं कृत्वान्योन्यानामिके कनीयसीमध्यगते मध्यमे तर्जन्याक्रान्ते सरलास्वङ्गुष्ठौ खेचरी सप्तमी
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saivāgre'ṅkuśākṛtiḥ ṣaṣṭhī | dakṣiṇaśaye vāmabāhuṃ kṛtvānyonyānāmike kanīyasīmadhyagate madhyame tarjanyākrānte saralāsvaṅguṣṭhau khecarī saptamī
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सा एव अग्रे अङ्कुश-आकृतिः षष्ठीsā eva agre aṅkuśa-ākṛtiḥ ṣaṣṭhīshe herself, with a hook in front — the sixth
दक्षिण-शये वाम-बाहुं कृत्वाdakṣiṇa-śaye vāma-bāhuṃ kṛtvāhaving placed the left arm on the right
अन्योन्य-अनामिकेanyonya-anāmikethe ring fingers mutually
सरलासु अङ्गुष्ठौsaralāsu aṅguṣṭhauwith the thumbs straight
खेचरी सप्तमीkhecarī saptamīkhecarī — the seventh
译文
«She herself, with a hook in front — the sixth. Having placed the left arm on the right, …with the thumbs straight — khecarī, the seventh».
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410c4c243f95 · 发布于 2026年8月12日 05:00:00 UTC
可用语言RUEN用方向键翻颂
The seventh seal is called khecarī, «one who moves through the sky», from kha, «sky, void», and cara, «moving». This name is famous in yoga books, and there it means something else — the position of the tongue curled behind the palate. Here it is given to a position of the hands, and this discrepancy is instructive: one name travels through different compositions and means different things in them. One reading such books must always look at what a name means in this book, not in the one where he met it before.
The word kha itself deserves attention. It means both «sky» and «hole, opening» — the same kha as in the word sukha, «happiness» (literally «with a good opening», from a wheel-hub well fitted onto its axle), and in duḥkha, «grief» («with a bad opening»). These words, however one parses them, speak of one thing: happiness is described in the language itself not as possession, but as easy running. A wheel whose hub is good rolls; one whose hub is bad creaks and wears out. And nothing is needed for this but a proper fit.