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The Essence of the Tantra6.74

6.74

तत्र अर्धप्रहरे अर्धप्रहरे वर्गोदयो विषुवति समः वर्णस्य वर्णस्य द्वे शते षोडशाधिके प्राणानाम् बहिः षट्त्रिंशत् चषकाणि इति उदयः अयम् अयत्नजो वर्णोदयः

Transliteration (IAST)

tatra ardhaprahare ardhaprahare vargodayo viṣuvati samaḥ varṇasya varṇasya dve śate ṣoḍaśādhike prāṇānām bahiḥ ṣaṭtriṃśat caṣakāṇi iti udayaḥ ayam ayatnajo varṇodayaḥ

— in each half-watch ; — the arising of a phoneme-class ; — equal at the equinox ; — two hundred and sixteen ; — of breaths ; — thirty-six caṣakas ; — arising without effort (spontaneous) ; — the arising of the phonemes

Therein, in each half-watch there is the arising of a phoneme-class, equal at the equinox: for each phoneme there are two hundred and sixteen breaths, externally thirty-six caṣakas — such is the arising. This is the effortless arising of the phonemes.