The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c9.s2.26

c9.s2.26

“The goddess of this description should be meditated upon as long as desired. Then the eternally accomplished Bhagavatī should be drawn out from within by the spreading rays that illumine the three worlds, the rays that issue forth from the yellow germ syllable—Tāṃ—placed on the orb of the spotted moon which is enclosed within the filament of a beautiful blue lotus. After thus discovering her, she should be placed on the firmament and should be worshipped with the offerings of scented water and fragrant flowers contained in the vessel inlaid with gems at the feet of the goddess. She should also be worshipped with various rites, external and internal, by means of flowers, incense, light stick, food offerings, scents, garlands, unguents, powders, mendicant dress, umbrella, flags, bell, banner and the like. Thus after repeatedly worshipping her and offering her panegyrics, the Mudrā or the mystic signal should be exhibited. The palms of the hands, should be joined together with the two middle fingers stretched in the form of a needle. The two first fingers should be slightly bent their tips touching the third phalanges of the first fingers. The two third fingers should be concealed within the palm, and the two little fingers should be stretched. This is called the Utpala Mudrā or the signal of the night lotus.