"nādevo devam arcayet" occurs in the following texts in the Muktabodha digital library (which can be accessed from www.muktabodha.org)

kaulāvalīnirṇaya line: 983
nityāṣoḍaśikārṇavatantra with commentary setubandha line: 11217
mantrakaumudī line: 2903
śāktānandataraṇgiṇī line: 3192
śrīvidyārṇavatantra line: 8700

Just do an etext search on <nAdevo deva>
The < > indicate you are using Harvard-Kyoto transliteration.

Regards,
Harry Spier
Manager, Muktabodha Digital Library

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Chiara Policardi <chiara.policardi@uniroma1.it> wrote:

Dear List members,

what is the source of the citation “nAdevo devam arcayet”?

It is quoted as “vedic saying” (Coomaraswamy) and “tantrik saying” (Eliade and others), but I haven’t ever seen the precise reference.

Thanking you in advance,

Chiara Policardi

PhD student

La Sapienza University of Rome 

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