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

to fill his hands with flowers and throw them so as to see whether their throw is in the auspicious direction or other- wise In the latter case the initiator is to ward off the evil by performing a Homa After performing worship to the attendant deities of Tripurasundarī sacrificial food is to be prepared of which a part is to be offered to her and the rest to the fire, care being taken that the fire is ablaze The candidate is to have his face covered with a cloth and then be besprinkled with the water from Viśeshārghya and the initiator is to request the goddess to be kind to the candidate and inspire him with her devotion After this he has to receive instructions from the initiator as to the line of action he should follow in future The initiator should imagine that the fetters of sins binding the body of the candidate have been burnt down with the fire of kuṇḍalinī rising from the Mulādhāra to the Brahmarandra and also enter his body through the Yogic power and unite his soul with his own After having him seated on a diagram of the alphabet, the initiator should bathe him with the water of the water-pot, muttering the three Bījas of the Mūlamantra and then dress him and oint him with sandal-wood and other pastes He should also instruct the candidate to perform the Mātrikā-nyāsa and the Mantra-nyāsa at the end of which his face is to be unveiled and he sees things required for the worship and takes food, while muttering the mantras of