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Having thus drawn the nine-yoni cakra having the aforementioned characteristics, and having purified it with consecration and so forth according to rule, placing it upon an ornate wooden pedestal that has been washed, anointed with fragrant paste, and well incensed, having performed recitation according to the aforementioned procedure, at the end of the nyāsa, preparing the general arghya in a conch shell in front on the left side, and the special arghya in a vessel of gold or the like to the right of it; having gratified the lineage of Śrīnāthas and the four secret sandals upon one's own head, the lord of Gaṇas in the base [mūlādhāra], and the goddess along with her retinue in the heart with the root mantra, using fragrant paste, unhusked barley-grains, flowers, and drops of nectar; having personally performed the manifestation of the three principles, and having become the body of Goddess Śrī Tripurā, one should begin the external worship. Here,