Agnipurana 96

English (machine translation) 96

Language: English

96.6 — 9 parts
96.8 — 1 part
96.12 — 12 parts
96.19 — 14 parts
96.27 — 10 parts
96.36 — 10 parts
96.44 — 13 parts
96.52 — 14 parts
96.58 — 14 parts
96.67 — 12 parts
96.74 — 13 parts
96.82 — 14 parts
96.89 — 15 parts
96.96 — 13 parts
96.98 — 1 part
96.101 — 13 parts
96.109 — 16 parts
96.114 — 11 parts
96.121 — 14 parts
96.124 — 3 parts

96.1

The Lord said: / Having bathed and performed the two daily rites, holding the water offering with the praṇava in hand, the Guru / should go to the hall of sacrifice together with his Brahmin assistants, the attendants of the icons.

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There he should worship the archways of Kṣānti and the others in order, as before, / and on their doorposts, the gatekeepers in clockwise order.

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Nandin and Mahākāla in the east, Bhṛṅgin and Vināyaka in the south, / Vṛṣabha and Skanda in the west, and the Goddess and Caṇḍa in the north.

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Standing at the base of their doorposts are the two jars Praśānta and Śiśira, / Parjanya and Aśoka by name, Bhūta and Sañjīvanāmṛta,

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and Dhanada and Śrīprada; one should worship each pair in succession, / with their own names ending in the dative case, beginning with Praṇava (Oṃ) and ending in namaḥ.

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A pair of deities presiding over the worlds, planets, Vasus, doorkeepers, and rivers:

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[Footnote 1: "nityakriyāṃ kṛtvā" in ṅ.]

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[Footnote 2: "praṇavārghyakaro muniḥ" in ga.; "punararghyakaro muniḥ" in ṅa.]

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[Footnote 3: "sahāyair ṛtvigvipraiśca" in kha. and gha.; "sahāyair bhūpativipraiḥ" in ja.]

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[Footnote 4: "bhṛṅgavināyakau" in cha.]

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[Footnote 5: "vṛṣottare" in ga., gha., and ṅa.]

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[Footnote 6: "bhūtasañjīvanāsutau" in cha.; "bhūtasañjīvanāmṛtau" in kha. and ja.]

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[Footnote 7: "dhanadadvipadau" in kha.; "dhanadau dvipadau" in gha.; "dhanadaścāpadau" in ja.]

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[Footnote 8: "pūjayedatha pūrvaśaḥ" in ga.]

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[Footnote 9: "lokagrahavasudvāḥsthahastādīnām" in ga. / p. 310]

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three suns, a Yuga, the Veda, and likewise Lakṣmī and Gaṇapati.

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Thus these deities stand at each gateway in the sacrificial hall, / to remove the multitude of obstacles and to protect the sacrifice.

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One should worship in succession the thunderbolt, spear, staff, sword, noose, banner, mace, / trident, discus, and lotus on the flags,

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with mantras beginning with: "Oṃ hrūṃ phaṭ namaḥ; oṃ hrūṃ phaṭ, homage to the door-guarding power, hrūṃ phaṭ namaḥ."

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Kumuda, Kumudākṣa, Puṇḍarīka, then Vāmana, / Śaṅkukarṇa, Sarvanetra, Sumukha, and Supratiṣṭhita:

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the deities of the eight banners are to be worshipped beginning in the east with crores of spirits, / with mantras beginning with: "Oṃ kauṃ, homage to Kumuda."

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Hetuka, Tripuraghna, the one called Śakti, Yamajihvaka, / Kāla, the sixth Karālin, Ekāṅghri, and the eighth Bhīma:

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just so one should worship the guardians of the field in the directions in order;

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[Footnotes]

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[Footnote 1: "bhānutrayaṃ yugaṃ vedo lakṣmīkulapatistathā" in kha., ga., and cha.;]

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"bhānutrayayugaṃ vedo vedo lakṣmīpatistathā" in ja.]

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[Footnote 2: "devāmarāgare" in kha., ga., gha., ṅa., and cha.]

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[Footnote 3: "tathā kuṇḍam" in kha. and cha.; "tathā caṇḍam" in ja.]

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[Footnote 4: "patākāmarcayet" in ga.; "patākāsu yajet" in ṅa.]

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[Footnote 5: "huṃ phaṭ namaḥ, oṃ huṃ phaṭ dvāḥsthaśaktaye huṃ phaṭ namaḥ" in kha.; "oṃ krūṃ phaṭ namaḥ / oṃ krūṃ phaṭ dvāḥsthaśaktaye krūṃ phaṭ namaḥ" in cha.; "oṃ huṃ phaṭ vakrāya huṃ phaṭ namaḥ" in ga.; "oṃ huṃ phaṭ vajrāya huṃ phaṭ namaḥ" in ṅa.]

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[Footnote 6: "pramukhaḥ" in ja.]

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[Footnote 7: "dhvajāś ca devatāḥ" in ga.]

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[Footnote 8: "pūjādau" in ṅa. and ja.]

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[Footnote 9: "buddhākhyam" in ga.; "buddhyākhyam" in ja.]

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[Footnote 10: "ajajihvakam" in ja. / p. 311]

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one should contemplate them gratified with offerings, flowers, and incenses.

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On the syllables inscribed upon the blanket spread out, and on the bamboo pillars in order, / one should worship the five principles, beginning with Earth, with [the mantras of] Sadyojāta and the others.

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One should look upon the pavilion, the Śaiva abode pervaded by the state of Sadāśiva, / endowed with the power of the banners, with the vision of reality.

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Having expelled celestial, atmospheric, and terrestrial obstacles as before, / one should enter through the western door and survey the remaining doors.

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Going in clockwise circumambulation and sitting to the south of the altar, / facing north, one should perform the purification of the elements as before.

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One should perform the internal sacrifice, the special water offering, the purification of mantras and articles, / the worship of oneself, the five products of the cow, and so forth, as before.

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Then, one should deposit upon that supported jar / the three principles in succession, specifically for the Śiva principle:

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ending at the forehead, shoulders, and feet, consisting of Śiva, Vidyā, and Ātman, the supreme, / whose presiding deities are Rudra, Nārāyaṇa, and Brahmā, with their proper movements.

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[Footnotes]

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[Footnote 1: "pravibhāvayet" in kha. and cha.]

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[Footnote 2: "kākṣītṛṇeṣu vargeṣu vaṃśe sthūlānanukramāt" in kha.;]

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"kāṣṭhātṛṇeṣu varṇeṣu vaṃśe sthūlānanukramāt" in cha.;]

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"kākṣītṛṇeṣu vaṃśeṣu sthūṇāsvanyeṣvanukramāt" in gha.;]

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"kakṣāṃ dṛśembarāṃśe ca tṛṇānanyeṣvānukramāt" in ja.;]

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"kanyātṛṇeṣu ratneṣu vaṃśesthūṇānanukramāt" in ṅa.]

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[Footnote 3: "maṇḍalam" in ṅa.]

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[Footnote 4: "pinākaśaktisaṃyuktām" in gha.]

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[Footnote 5: "tattu dṛṣṭyāvalokayet" in kha. and cha.]

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[Footnote 6: "śeṣadvārāṇi caṅkramet" in kha. and cha.; "śeṣadvārāṇi pūjayet" in cha.]

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[Footnote 7: "svātmanaḥ" in kha., gha., cha., and ja.]

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[Footnote 8: "nijasaṃvaraiḥ" in ga. and ṅa.; "nijasañcayaiḥ" in gha. / p. 312]

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"Oṃ haṃ hāṃ."

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One should establish their forms and their lords there as before, / and the all-pervading Śiva along with his limbs, and the Śiva-hand upon the head.

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With the splendor entering through the aperture of Brahmā, which illuminates the directions, / having shaken off the veil of darkness, both outer and inner,

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and having adorned oneself together with the icon-keepers with garlands, garments, flowers, and the like, / meditating "I am Śiva," one should raise the sword of enjoyment.

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One should consecrate the sacrificial pavilion with the rites concluding with the four steps; / having scattered the scattered grain and other offerings, one should sweep them up with a kuśa broom.

96.24

Having made a seat in the Vardhanī pitcher, one should worship the site deities and others as before, / and on a firm seat one should worship the Śiva jar and the weapon pitcher.

96.25

In their respective directions, mounted on the water-jars in proper sequence, / one should worship the guardians of the directions equipped with their mounts, weapons and attributes according to rule:

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One should visualize Śakra mounted on the elephant Airāvata, golden-complexioned, diademed, / thousand-eyed, with the thunderbolt in his hand.

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And [Agni] seven-rayed, bearing a rosary and a water-pot, / enveloped in a garland of flames, red, holding a spear in hand, seated on a goat.

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1 'uṃ hāṃ hāṃ' in kha, ga, gha, ṅa, and cha; 'oṃ īṃ āṃ' in gha and ja.

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2 'tejasā vāhyamantaram' in kha; 'tejasā vāhyābhyantaram' in cha; 'tejasā vāhyamāntaram' in ga, gha, and ṅa.

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3 'praviṣṭonudigantaram' in gha and ja.

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4 'sragvastramukuṭādibhiḥ' in gha and ja.

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5 'catuṣpathārṇasaṃskāraiḥ' in cha.

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6 'kuśadūrvopasaṃharet' in ga.

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7 'śivakumbhāstravardhanyāṃ pūjayedasthirāsane' in gha and ja.

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8 'varṇavastram' in ga; 'svarṇavastram' in kha, ja, and ca.

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9 'kālaṃ mālākulaṃ raktam' in kha, ga, ṅa, and cha; 'kālaṃ mālākulaṃ vyaktam' in ga; 'jvālāmālākulaṃ saktam' in gha. / :p 313

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One should contemplate Yama seated on a buffalo, holding a staff, [like] the cosmic fire of dissolution; / and Nairṛta mounted on a dog, red-eyed, with a sword in his hand.

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One should contemplate Varuṇa white upon a makara, holding a serpent-noose; / Vāyu blue upon a deer, and Kuvera positioned upon a cloud;

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and Īśa with a trident on a bull; Ananta with the discus upon the tortoise; / and one should meditate on Brahmā mounted on a swan, four-faced and four-armed.

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At the bases of the pillars, on the water-jars, and on the altar, one should worship Dharma and the others; / some also worship Ananta and others on the water-jars in the cardinal directions.

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One should proclaim Śiva's command, circumambulate the water-jar keeping it behind oneself, / and deposit first the water-jar as before, and after that the ritual pitcher.

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Having worshipped Śiva upon a firm seat in the water-jar, and for the sake of the weapon upon a permanent seat, / as previously, one should touch [it] with the manifestation gesture.

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"O Lord of the Universe, protect your own sacrifice out of compassion for your devotees!" / Having proclaimed [this] with these [words] for the sake of protection, one should place a sword upon the water-jar.

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In the case of initiation and installation, in a water-jar, on a mound of earth, or in a maṇḍala, / having worshipped the Lord of Gods in the maṇḍala, one should proceed to the vicinity of the fire-pit.

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Focusing upon the navel of the fire-pit, steady, the assistants bearing the forms of the deities / should perform the consecration in their own fire-pits at the command of the guru.

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1 'śavārūḍham' in ga, gha, ṅa, and ja.

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2 'mānuṣasthitam' in gha.

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3 'karmādikān' in ja.

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4 'bhrāmayedanupūjya tam' in ja; 'bhrāmayedanupṛṣṭhagam' in gha.

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5 'sthirāsane' in kha and gha.

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6 'śastrāṇuñca' in kha, ga, and cha.

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7 'imaṃ yāgam' in ṅa.

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8 'śaṅkhannivedayet' in ga; 'khaḍgannivedayet' in gha and ṅa.

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9 'kuryur nijakumbheṣu' in kha, gha, cha, and ja. / :p 314

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The reciters should recite the prescribed number of mantras, while others [recite] the saṃhitā; / the brāhmaṇas who have mastered the Vedas of their own Vedic branches should chant the propitiatory verses.

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The Ṛgvedic priest should chant in all quarters all these: / the Śrīsūkta, the Pāvamānī hymns, the Maitraka hymn, and the Vṛṣākapi hymn.

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The Sāmavedic priest in the south, however, [should sing] these: / the Devavrata, the Bhāruṇḍa, the Jyeṣṭhasāma, the Rathantara, the Puruṣa, and the chant.

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The Yajurvedic priest should recite in the west: / the Rudra, the Puruṣasūkta, especially the Ślokādhyāya, and the Brāhmaṇa.

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And likewise the Atharvavedic priest in the north, intent on that, / should chant the Nīlarudra, as well as the subtle and gross [hymns], and the Atharvaśīrṣa.

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And the master, having produced the fire, should distribute it to each fire-pit, / into the portions of fire from the east onwards, in order starting from the eastern fire-pit.

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He should offer incense, lamps, and sacrificial boiled rice, and raise up the fire. / Having worshipped Śiva as before, [performing] satisfaction of mantras in the Śiva-fire,

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upon the attainment of proper place, time, and circumstances, for the pacification of inauspicious portents,

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1 'jāpinosaṅkhyam' in ka, ṅa, and cha.

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2 'astramanye tu saṃsthitam' in ga; 'astramanye tu saṃhitām' in ṅa.

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3 'pāvamānīntu' in ja.

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4 'sarvametat samuddharet' in kha, ga, gha, cha, and ja; 'sarvamastraṃ samuddharet' in ṅa.

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5 'bhāvajñam' in cha; 'śrīkuṇḍam' in ṅa.

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6 'samuddhared' in kha, gha, ṅa, and ja.

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7 'uttaretharvasūktañceti' in ga.

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8 'pradīpayet' in gha.

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9 'pūrvādidigbhāgāt' in ja; 'pūrvādikādbhāgāt' in gha.

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10 'sarvakuṇḍāditaḥ' in kha and cha.

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11 The reading beginning with 'ācāryaścāgnimutpādya' and ending with 'dadītāgniṃ samuddharet' is not present in manuscript ga.

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12 'deśakālādisaṅkhyāptau' in gha. / :p 315

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having performed the fire oblation, the knower of mantras, offering the auspicious full oblation,

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having prepared the sacrificial rice as before, should present it to each fire-pit. / Adorned, the patrons should proceed to the bathing pavilion.

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Having placed the Lord upon an auspicious seat, having struck and veiled [him], / and having worshipped him, one should bathe [him] with clay and with astringent water,

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with cow-urine and also cow-dung, and with water at intervals, / with ash, scented water, and water accompanied by the weapon mantra ending in 'phaṭ'.

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The spiritual master, having performed the purification of elements together with the guardians of the icons, / covering [the deity] with a yellow garment consecrated with the dharma mantra,

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and having worshipped with white flowers, should lead [him] to the northern altar; / and having installed [him] there on a couch provided with a seat,

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measuring with a cord smeared with saffron, the guru should draw / the two eyes with a golden probe by surgical operation.

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The maker of the marks should then apply collyrium according to the procedure prescribed in scripture. / And when the work has been done with the tool, the artisan should remove the [effigy of] Lakṣmī.

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From a third part, or half, or half of a quarter, or half,

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or half [a barleycorn];

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[Gap in text]

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1. "niveśayed" in kha. and gha.

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2. "bhadrapīṭhe nidhāyainam" in kha., cha., and ca; "tatra pīṭhe vidhāyeśam" in ṅa.; "bhadrapīṭhe vidhāyeśam" in gha.

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3. "snapayed" in kha., ga., and ṅa.

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4. "kṛcā cākāraśodhanām" in gha. and ja.

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5. "dharmajaptena saṃsthāpya" in ga.; "dharmajalena sañchādya" in ṅa.

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6. "sampūjya sitavastraiś ca" in ga.; "sampūjyasitapuṣpaistu" in gha.

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7. "sanniveśayed" in cha.

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8. "śāstrakarmaṇā" in kha., ga., cha., and ja.; "śāstravarmaṇā" in gha.;

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"śāstrakarmaṇi" in ḍa.

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9. "samutkiret" in gha. and ja.

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10. "tryaṃśādapyatha" in gha.; "tryaṃśādadhadha" in ja.

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11. "ardhato 'pi vā" in ga.; "ardhato varam" in ja. / [p. 316]

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for the fulfillment of all desires, the drawing down of the marks is auspicious.

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In the altered part of the length of the liṅga, divided into three according to the distribution of parts, / the width of the mark should extend over the liṅga's body on all sides.

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Covered by eight parts of a barleycorn divided into nine, / the line of the mark on a one-cubit [liṅga] should be [so measured] in depth and in width.

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Thus, by an increase of one-eighth on a liṅga of one cubit and a half and upward, / the width is eight barleycorns, and deep here on a liṅga of one cubit.

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Thus, by an increase of one-eighth on a liṅga of one cubit and a half and upward, / the width is eight barleycorns, and deep on a liṅga of nine cubits.

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And on liṅgas belonging to Śambhu, increased on all sides by a quarter, / the width of the mark's body indeed increases by a barleycorn.

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The depth is eight barleycorns; the line too, through an increase of a third, / should be fine on all [liṅgas], from the top of the liṅga's head.

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[Gap in text]

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1. "lakṣmāvatārakam" in gha.

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2. "tribhukte bhāvavarṇanāt" in ka.; "tribhukte bhāgavarjanāt" in gha.; "tribhakte bhāgavarjanāt" in ja.; "tribhukte bhāgavartanāt" in ṅa.; "vibhakte bhāvavarṇanāt" in cha.

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3. "bhavelliṅgeṣu sarvataḥ" in kha., ga., ṅa., and cha.

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4. "navabhaktasya bhāgair aṣṭābhirāhatā" in kha. and cha.; "bhavabhaktasya bhāgair aṣṭābhirāhatā" in ja.; "navabhaktasya bhāgair aṣṭābhirādṛtā" in gha.

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5. "hāstikaṃ" in ga. and gha.

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6. "gambhīrā navahāstike" in gha.

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7. "liṅge vṛddhikarādike" in kha.; "liṅgeṣu dvikarādiṣu" in ga.; "liṅge vṛddhikarādiṣu" in kha. and gha.

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8. "bhavedaṣṭakarā" in gha.

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9. "gambhīrā navahāstike" in ga.; "gambhīrā navahastake" in ja.

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10. "sottareṣu" in ja.

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11. The reading from "yavasya navabhaktasya" up to "pādavṛddheṣu sarvataḥ" is absent in manuscript ṅa.

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12. "dvyaṃśavṛṃhitā" in kha., gha., and cha.; "tryaṃśavṛṃhitā" in ṅa.;

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"dvyaṃśavṛddhitaḥ" in ja. / [p. 317]

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When the field of the mark is divided into eight parts, on the two auspicious upper parts, / leaving the rotation of six parts, but on the two parts below,

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one should cause [the lines] connected as three lines to run along the back area. / On a gemstone [liṅga], the engraving of the marks [is the thickness of a barleycorn], and two barleycorns on a golden one.

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Their characteristic mark is their inherent nature: spotless radiance in gemstones; / the opening of the eyes on a face [liṅga] and that mark are for [the deity's] presence.

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And having worshipped the line for the incision of the marks with ghee and honey / using the Mṛtyuñjaya mantra, to ward off the defects of the artisan,

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one should then worship the liṅga, having bathed it with clay and other substances. / Then, having gratified the artisan, he should give a cow to the guru.

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With incense and the like, facing east, three [women] devoted to their husbands should sing before the liṅga; / clockwise and counter-clockwise, with a cord or with kuśa grass,

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and remembering [the deity], having applied yellow pigment (gorocanā), one should perform the waving of lamps and other rites; / and he should dismiss those [women] with gifts of molasses, salt, and coriander.

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Together with the guru and the officiants (mūrtidharas), reciting the heart mantra or the Praṇava, / [he should bathe it] with clay, cow dung, cow urine, and ashes, alternating with water;

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he should bathe it with the five products of the cow (pañcagavya), preceded by the five nectars (pañcāmṛta),

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[Gap in text]

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1. "mūrtibhāgadvaye cyute" in ja.; "mūrtibhagadvaye yute" in ja.

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2. "muktvā bhāgadvayaṃ budhaḥ" in kha., ga., gha., ḍa., and cha.

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3. "sasiddham" in ga. and ja.

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4. "vyakte" in ga., gha., and ja.

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5. "mṛtyuñjayañ ca" in ga.

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6. "arcayettu" in ga. and ja.

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7. "puṣpāvarodhanaṃ datvā kuryānnirmanthanādikam" in ja.;

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"spṛṣṭvā ca rocanāṃ datvā kuryānnirmañjanādikam" in ṅa.

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8. "gurumūrtiryavair" in kha., ṅa., and ja.

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9. "tato mṛṇmayagomūtrabhasmabhir" in ga.

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10. The half-verse "snāpayed…" is absent in manuscript cha. / [p. 318]

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and perform an astringent cleansing with decoctions, or with all-herb water,

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and with water containing white flowers, fruits, gold, jewels, horn, and barley, / as well as through a thousand-streamed [vessel] with celestial medicinal water.

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[He should bathe the deity] with water from sacred fords, with Gaṅgā water, and with sandalwood water, / with pitchers [representing] the Milk Ocean and the others, and with the water of the Śiva pitcher,

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[and perform] drying and unguent with fragrant substances such as sandalwood and the like. / Having worshipped with the brahma mantras, with flowers, and with red robes [accompanied] by the armor mantra,

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having waved lights with the Aghora mantra, preceded by the protective forehead mark, / with ghee, herbs, water, milk, and kuśa grass and the like indicated for the water offering,

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he should worship [the deity] pleased by substances, praises, and so on, with the Tatpuruṣa mantra. / Having sipped water, he should say to the deity with the heart mantra: "Arise, O Lord!"

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He should quickly carry the deity and the substances in the chariot of Brahmā. / In the pavilion, at the western door, he should place him upon the couch.