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

bell. The nectar above referred to is the drink but not the liquor. By the Sundarī or the matchless beauty is meant the subtle flame which occupies the central place of the Nāda which ultimately is the essence of the fire, the air, the sky, the water and the earth. The practitioner of the worship has to merge the products of the five different elements in the elements themselves, lights in the light and the mind in the Brahman. In the pit of Kundalinī he is to enkindle the spiritual fire and make into it the offering of all desires, whether definite or indefinite, merit and demerit, with the incantation given in the book at pages 320—21. 37th CHAPTER This chapter relates how the things which have been rejected by the followers of the Vedas can be used by a Tāntrik worshipper in a particular manner so as to gain success in worship. It is said that there is absolutely nothing pure and nothing impure. It is the way of using it that causes its purity or impurity. What is really needed is the fixing of mind on the Brahman. It is variously described as Prakriti by Sānkhyas, as Avidyā by Vedāntins, as Mahāvidyā by Śaivās and as Mahāmāyā by Tāntriks. Brahmā, Vishnu and Maheśvara adore Mahāmāyā. Brahmā by worshipping her obtained Sāvitrī representative of the will-power as his consort and Vishnu Lakshmī representing the cognitive power. She is said to have two forms gross and