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

varī In it the practitioner is to offer the Asana on the Kāmapīṭha to Kāmeśvarī invoking the presence of Adhāra- śaktı and others upto Kāmeśvara who serve as her seat Kāmeśvara is to be contemplated upon as four-armed, seated on the white lotus and holding in the left hand trident and bow and in the right white lotus and Bījapūra. Then Kāmeśwarī is to be contemplated upon as being seated in the lap of Kāmeśvara in response to the invo- cation with the mantra ऐं ह्रीं सौं महात्रिपुरसुन्दर्यमृतचैतन्यमूर्तिं कल्पयामि The rites of removing the sinister influences and Digbandhana come after this The vitalizing of the idol is to be conducted by the practitioner, after holding the breath and realizing through contemlation the presence of Mahātripurā- sundrī in the heart, by conceptualizing the vitality in the handful of flowers after it comes out through the nostrils with the Bīja यं Trikhaṇḍā and Āvāhanī Mudrās which are described in the text should be used as also the Avāhanīvidyā ह्सै ह्स्क्लीं ह्स्रौः invoking the presence of Mahātripurasundarī in the idol. This being over, the practitioner has to address his prayers to Mahātripurasundarī for firm stay, for being eye to eye and mind to mind with the practitioner, for success in completion, for being invisible to the undeserving, for being blissful and finally for being merciful using the Mudrās such as are prescribed for these acts