गान्धर्व तन्त्र (शैव-शाक्त आगम - मन्त्र-रहस्य, यन्त्र एवं देवतोपासना सटीक)

the mention of Yoga which is defined as the unification of Jīvātmā and Paramātmā and of the eight limbs of the Yoga and their detailed description At the end is given the description of the centres of Kundalinī in the body i e Mūlādhāra, Svādhishthāna, Manipura, Anāhata, Viśuddha, Ājñā and the thousand-petalled lotus above them, which, in turn is followed by such instructions as those for bathing and application of collyrium to the eyes and the cleaning of teeth 7th CHAPTER In the above is given the way in which the devotee of Mahātripurasundarī is to purify his body and perform the Sandhyā Bathing is said to be of three kinds as also the Sandhyā The kinds are physical, mental and psychic consisting in the purification respectively of the body, the mind and the soul In the three kinds of Sandhyā done in the morning, mid-day and evening the devotee is to meditate upon Mahātripurasundarī in three forms. The Gāyatrī of Mahātripurasundarī is given as त्रिपुरसुन्दरि विद्महे कामेश्वरि धीमहि तन्न. क्लिन्ने प्रचोदयात् . Each of these twentyfour letters is said to have a peculiar colour and shape The muttering of the same results in having release form different kinds of sins Agni etc, are the presiding deities of these twentyfour letters Paraśurāma, Menanātha, Agastya, Vaśishtha and Dattātreya are declared to have freed themsleves from heinous crimes such as matricide etc. Every important event in the life of a practitioner is to commence with the worship of Tripura-