History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.169
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.169
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¹⁴¹¹ I fail to understand what Prof. Hazra definitely means by non-Tantrik character He admits (on p 218) that *bījas* and *kavacas* are found in Viṣṇudharmottara of which section I chap. 226 names over 100 मातृs, some of whose names are काली, महाकाली, अपराजिता, कालदूती, दुर्भगा, कराला, कपाली, पिशाची &c., chap. 237 of विष्णुधर्मोत्तर (verse 20) refers to वैष्णवकवच and at the end we have purely Tāntrik formulas, some of which quoted as specimens are: 'ओं सुकारे मकटोत्कट विकट- (*Continued from last page*) वज्र पूर्वतो रक्ष। ओं है है है है दिनकरसहस्रकान्तसमोग्रतेज पश्चिमतॊ रक्ष रक्ष । ओं निरिगिरि प्रदीप्तज्वलनज्वालाकालमहाकपिलजटिल उत्तरतो रक्ष। ओं चिलिचिलि मिलिमिलि चेकदि गौरि गान्धारि विषोद्दनि विषं मोहयतु स्वाहा दक्षिणतो रक्ष।' If this is not tantricism I should like to know what it is In विष्णुधर्मोत्तर II 165 there is great eulogy of the Gāyatrī (or Sāvitrī) mantra Therein verses 55 ff of the same Purāṇa prescribe how Gāyatrī can be used against one's bad enemy A few verses are quoted अभिचारेषु ता देवी विपरीतां प्रयोजयेत् । कार्या व्याहृतयश्चात्र विपरीताक्षरास्तथा । विपरीताक्षरं कार्यं शिरश्च मनुजेश्वर । आदौ शिरः प्रयोक्तव्यं प्रणवान्ते च यादव । स्वाहास्थाने च फट्कारं साध्यनामसमन्वितम् । ''अभिचारे च होतव्या राजिका विषमित्रिताः । स्वरक्तमिश्रं होतव्यं कटुतैलमथापि वा । ''महापराधं बलिनं देवब्राह्मणकण्टकम् । अभिचारेण यो हन्यान्न स दोषेण लिप्यते ।' 65.
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