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

Śrīchakra drawn in red lead, placed on the Siṃhāsana Towards his left he should place a stand with a pot full of water on a rectangular diagram The stand is to be indentified with the orb of the fire, the pot with the solar orb and the water with the moon and these must as such be worshipped with the Kalās of the fire, the sun and the moon Ānanda-bhairava and Ānanda-bhairavī are to receive their worship through the pot Conch and other vessels are also to be placed in particular places The purification of the five elements constituting the body by removing the impurities attaching to them through the letters peculiar to the elements and by subsequent infusion of the energy of the Changeless Reality is to be attended to and per- formed as a preliminary to the worship For this purification the practitioner is to deeply concentrate in the Bindu-chakra on the Turīyā aspect of Mahātripurasundarī After this he has to protect himself against all sinister influences by the Digbandhana with the mantra ॐ ह्रीं हंसः सोऽहं स्वाहा ऐं क्लीं सौः त्रिपुरसुन्दरि मां रक्ष रक्ष. 9th CHAPTER In the 9th chapter is given the Mātṛkānyāsa In per- forming this the practitioner is first to wash his hand in a particular manner with the mantra अ्र आँ सौ Then he has to pay his attention to Ṛṣinyāsa etc Then comes the Mātṛkānyāsa of which all details such as Ṛṣhi etc and six limbs etc. are given. Mātṛkā is said to be of two kinds as Antarmātṛkā and Bahirmātṛkā In the case of the fromer letters of the alphabet are to be meditated