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

male sex, and the latter by the female. The latter, therefore, is endowed with the Guṇās (qualities) From this view-point the question of purity and impurity attaching to the things of the world is said to be conventional for taking it for granted that the world consists of the five elements, we have to see how the same earth can be consi- dered to give rise to the cast distinction such as Brahmin etc, or to the distinction either as divine or as human etc He is held to be a Brahmin who feels really that the soul is different from the body and is one with the Brahman as supreme bliss. The Vedāntic description of the Brahman and of the bodies of the soul, gross, subtle and causal is put in the mouth of the Devī

40th CHAPTER

In this Śiva and Pārvatī change positions Śiva becomes the questioner and Pārvatī the replier The latter states how the world consists of the two elements Śiva and Śakti and how their simultaneous existence is essential and how she is to be worshipped through incantation, image etc When physical worship is to be conducted the Liṅga is advised to be worshipped alongside The way of worship associated with the Kulāchāra is fully detailed towards the end