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

ऐं मां माले महामाले सर्वशक्तिस्वरूपिणि। चतुर्वर्गस्त्वयि न्यस्तस्तस्मात् मे सिद्धिदा भव After being so purified in the said manner, it is to be held in the right hand with the mantra ग्लौ अविघ्न कुरु माले त्वम् Care is to be taken in rotating it in a cautious manner, so that it may not slip down from the hand. The rosary along with Yantra, mantra and mudrā is strictly prohibited from being shown to any body The Index finger is not to be at all used in its rotation The five fingers thumb to the little finger are to be used in the Japa respectively meant for emancipation, destruction of the enemies, earning of wealth, pacification and attraction Vīrāsana is helpful to Japa Japa is of three kinds loud, low and mental, the loud being inferior to the low, and the latter to the mental It is to be done neither too quick nor too slow with the mind entirely withdrawn from the sense-objects Unlike a hymn, Japa is always to be mental in the case of Shrī- vidyā The minimum number of times that Japa is to be done comes to 108, the middle to a thousand and the maximum to ten thousand Rules to be observed in Japa are that the practitioner is lightly-dressed, must not have his hands wrapped up with cloth and must have his head naked and free from cares, be neither, angry nor hasty, neither diseased, nor hungry. He must above all have his mind concentrated