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

the other parts of the image The muttering of the Vasanta- sundari mantra क्लीं ह्रीं ऐं नीलसुभगे ह्विलि ह्विलि विच्चे स्वाहा comes after this Then he has to electrify the image with the spiritual power and after having done the same perform the actual worship. The spiritual counterpart of the above is also detailed in this The practitioner has to place him- self in an even seat in a pure solitary place with the nervous system fully purified. He has to purify the latter with the Prāṇāyāmic exercises and be in the Sundarī-mudrā in which eyes are fixed on the nose-tip or the inner soul, or the middle of the eye-brows and the teeth, lips and tongue are to be closed with the serpent force drawn up from the Mulādhāra He has to melt the nectar in the thousand-petalled lotus in the head and with the nectar shower so obtained he is to worship Devi in the heart lotus. Invocation of Devi is to be done through inhalation and retention of the breath The same nectar is to be offered, for the washing of the feet, Arghya and sipping Thirtysix component principles of the world are to serve the purpose of perfume The flowers to be offered are non violence, abstention from theft, commiseration, forgetfulness, sense- control, presence of mind, absence of envy, hatred and attachment and truthfulness Air serves the purpose of incense, light of lamp, Sun of mirror, Moon of umbrella, happiness of ornaments sky of chāmara and heart-throbbing of