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The Essence of the Tantra16.7

16.7

यावद् धूमाभिरामप्रचिततरशिखाजालकेनाध्वचक्रं सञ्छाद्याभीष्टजीवानयनम् इति महाञ् जालनामा प्रयोगः

Transliteration (IAST)

yāvad dhūmābhirāmapracitataraśikhājālakenādhvacakraṃ sañchādyābhīṣṭajīvānayanam iti mahāñ jālanāmā prayogaḥ

— by a dense net of flame-tips lovely with smoke ; — the wheel of the cosmic path ; — having veiled over ; — the bringing-in of the desired soul ; — the great (rite) ; — named the Net (jāla) ; — the ritual application

Insofar as one veils the wheel of the cosmic path with a dense net of flame-tips lovely with smoke and thereby brings in the desired soul — this is the great ritual application named the Net.