Shiva Purana

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कोष्ठानि स्युस्ततस्तस्य मध्यकोष्ठं तु कर्णिका॥ कोष्ठाष्टकं बहिस्तस्य दलाष्टकमिहोच्यते॥ ६॥

sanskrit

Then there should be cells and the middle cell should be the ear. The eight cells outside it are called the eight petals here.

english translation

koSThAni syustatastasya madhyakoSThaM tu karNikA॥ koSThASTakaM bahistasya dalASTakamihocyate॥ 6॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kailasa-samhita/5/6

कोष्ठानि स्युस्ततस्तस्य मध्यकोष्ठं तु कर्णिका॥ कोष्ठाष्टकं बहिस्तस्य दलाष्टकमिहोच्यते॥ ६॥

sanskrit

Then there should be cells and the middle cell should be the ear. The eight cells outside it are called the eight petals here.

english translation

koSThAni syustatastasya madhyakoSThaM tu karNikA॥ koSThASTakaM bahistasya dalASTakamihocyate॥ 6॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript