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

for release, renunciation, control over everything, the practising of the eight-limbed Yoga, avoidance of enjoyment, mercy towards all beings, acquisition of omniscience etc. 35th CHAPTER The worship of Devī through the medium of a lady forms the subject-matter of this chapter. This is strictly to be done in privacy and at night. In laying stress on the use of the necessary material for this sort of worship instances are quoted of Vishnu, Indra, Pushpadanta, Datt- ātreya and Balarāma. Various powers are said to be obtain- able from this worship. But the worshipper is to do ever function with the help of his wife. 36th CHAPTER. In this chapter the follower of Kulāchāra is instructed to have his wife initiated like himself by his own teacher who is to treat her as his own daughter. The Kula worship is to be celebrated on the 8th and 14th day of each half of the month through a diagram drawn on an earthen pot with red lead. The diagram is to consist of a hexagon in- side a lotus. The image of Devī is to be drawn with the same material in the middle of the hexagon. The name of the person to be hypnotized is to occupy the cheeks of the image. The Mantra of Devī ऐं क्लीं सौः comes before and after. The Kāmabīja, i. e, क्लीं should be prominent in