History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.250

v7.c92.250

The Agnipurāṇa (chapters 27, 81-89 and 304) deals with dīkṣā at great length and is full of Tāntrik mantras and rites, but reasons of space forbid any treatment of the same here. The Jñānārṇava (24 45-53) provides that at the time of initiation (dīkṣā) the guru has to instruct the disciple or novice as regards the six *cakras* (Ādhāra up to Ājñā) together with the number of petals in each, the colour of each, the letters of the alphabet assigned to each.