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1. The legendary chief of the Gandharvas.

CHAPTER FORTYTWO.

Pavitrdropana of Siva.

Hari said:

1. I shall now describe the sacred rite of Siva 9 named Pavitrdropana (the rite of putting the sacred thread consisting of three yarns around the image). O Hara 9 only the preceptor, the aspirant or his son observing the vow shall perform the worship.

2. Otherwise Vighnefa removes the effects of a worship performed over a year. This worship has to be performed in the month of Afddha? Srdvana, 2 Mdgha 3 or Bhddrapada. 4

3. In the Krtayuga the sacred thread is made of gold thread; In the Tretdyuga it is of silver; in Dvdpara it is of copper and in the Kali age it is of cotton thread. A virgin shall spin it and cut the ends.

4. Three yarns are to be twisted into one and such three new yarns constitute the Pavitraka. The knots shall be made with Vamadeva-mantra and washed with Satya mantra.

5. The knots shall be purified with Aghora-mantra and tied with Tatpurufa-mantra. It shall be incensed with Zfamantra. The deities of the yarn are these.

6. Otlkdra, Candramas (moon), Vahni (fire); Brahmd 9

Naga, Sikhidhvaja (Lord Subrahmanya ), Ravi (sun), Vifnu and Siva are the deities of the yarn.

1. The fourth month in the Hindu lunar calendar. It generally heralds the beginning of rainy season. June-July.

2. The fifth month in the Hindu lunar calendar: July-August.

3. The eleventh month in the Hindu lunar calendar: JanuaryFebruary.

4. -The sixth month in the Hindu lunar calendar: August-September.

7. O Rudra, each yarn shall be of length one hundred and eight, fifty or twentyfive hastas. There are ten knots.

8-9. Between two knots the intervals shall be of four adgulas. 1 The names of the knots are: — Prakrti 2 Paurufi 3

Vird 4 Apar& jitd, B Jay a Vijaya, 7 Rudrd, ® Ajitd, 9 Manonmani, 10, and Sarvamukhi, n O Sadafivd, 12 the inter-spaces of the knots can be two ahgulas or one angula too.

10. Either in the bright half or the other, the Pavitraka can be made on the seventh or thirteenth day. It shall be coloured with fragrant Kuhkuma and other substances (saffron).

1 1. After bathing the lihga (phallic emblem) with milk etc., it shall be worshipped with fragrant unguents, etc. The fragrant Pavitraka shall be offered to Brahman the Atman.

12. In the north-east, fragrant flower shall be offered; in the east the pole-shaft and in the north the fruit of myrobalan shall be offered.

13. The devotee conversant with the use of mantras shall place clod of earth in the west, ashes in the south, Aguru 13 in the south-west with the Sikhd mantra.

14. In the north-west he shall place mustard with the Kavaca-mantra 9 O Vrsadhvaja. The house shall be encircled with the thread and Gandhapavitraka shall be offered.

15. The Homa shall be performed in the sacred fire and BhUtabali (Oblation) shall be offered. O Mahe§vara y lord of gods, thou art invited along with thy followers.

In ancient Indian metrics, one aftgula is equal to a finger's (12 nngulas make a vitasti and 24, a hasta).

Nature.

Valorous.

Heroic.

That which cannot be conquered.

Victorious.

Ever-victorious Fierce.

Unconquered.

Exciting.

All-faced.

Who is always benevolent.

Fragrant aloe.

16. “I shall worship thee in the morning. Be present here. ” With these words the devotee shall invite the deity in the night and send it by singing hymns.

17. The mantra- inspired Pavitras shall be placed near the deity. On the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight let him bathe the image of the Sun and worship Rudra.

18. Meditating on the self {Atman) as Vifvarupa (omniformed) stationed on the forehead let him worship it.

He shall dedicate incense to the deity, after sprinkling the same with Astra mantra, worshipping it with the Hrdaya mantra.

19. and inspiring it with the Samhitd mantra. He shall worship the Siva tattva first, Vidydtattva next, 20. and then Atmatattva and Devaka. Om Haum obeisance to Sivatattva. Orh Him obeisance to Vidydtattva.

21. Orh Hdm, obeisance to Atmatattva; Orh Ham, Hirh y Hum Kfaurfi obeisance to Sarvatattva. 1 Orh thou art identical with time ( Kdldtmaka ). Whatever has been seen by thee in my rites performed wrongly, omitted, secretly offered, 22. O Sambhu, by thy will let it be holy.

23. Om fulfil, fulfil the sacrificial rite. Obeisance unto thee who art the lord of its control, who art identical ( Sarvatatt vdtmaka ), with all principles and Sarvakdranapdlita (protected by all reasons). Orh Hdm Hirh Hum Haim Haurh obeisance to Siva.

24. He who gives four Pavitrakas shall do so with this and the previous ones. After giving the Pavitra to the sacred fire, Dak$ina shall be given to the preceptor.

25. The oblation shall then be given and the Brahmins fed. Finally Can$a shall be discharged after worship.

1. The universal element.

CHAPTER FORTYTHREE.

Pav itrdropana of V i$n u.

Hari said:

1. I shall expound the rite of Pavitrdropana that yields worldly enjoyment and salvation. Formerly at the time of their war with the demons, Brahma and others sought refuge in Hari.

2. Visnu gave them a banner and a necklace. Hari told them that they can overcome the demons by seeing them ( the banner and necklace).

3. When Visnu said thus, the serpent, brother of Vasuki said:

“O Vrfadhvaja, I plead thee for the Pavitra\ grant me this boon.

4. Let this necklace given by Hari be famous under his name. ” When he said thus, he granted that boon.

5. During the rainy season if they do not worship by means of Pavitrakas, the full year’s worship of those men shall be fruitless.

6. Hence, Pavitrdropana is essential for all deities.

Beginning with the first day and ending with Paurnamasi (full moon), the deities shall be worshipped on their respective days.

7. O Hara y the worship of Visnu shall be performed on the twelfth day, either during the bright half or during the dark half. During calamities, in Dak$indyand}y during Solar or Lunar eclipses.

8 When any rite for prosperity is performed, at the advent of the preceptor, this Pavitra rite for Visnu has to be performed. During the rainy season it is essential.

9. The sacred thread can be made of silk, cotton or linen. For Brahmins it can be made of KuSa grass. For kings it can be of red silk.

1. It means a period of six months during which the sun moves from the north to the south, as seen in India. Roughly 15th July to 15th January.

10. For Vaiiyas it shall be woollen or silken; for ^udras it shall be of fresh barks of trees. 1 O Is vara, a sacred thread made of cotton or fibres of lotus stalk is praiseworthy in regard to all castes.

11. The thread spun by a brahmin lady and twisted three times three shall be used. The deities for the yarn are Onkara, 2 Siva, Soma, Agni, Brahmd y Phanin, 3 4 5 RaviA 12. VighneSa 5 and Vifnu. The deities of the Trisfitra are JBrahmd, Vi$nu and Rudra.

13. The thread shall be placed in a vessel of gold, silver, copper, bamboo or earth ( clay). The best vessel is sixtyfour angulas large; the middling — half of it.

14. And the smallest still half of it. The best thread is one hundred and eight angulas long; Madhyama — half of it and the smallest — still half as explained before.

15. The best knot shall be of the size of the thumb, the middling — of the size of the middle finger and the smallest

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of the size of the little finger.

16. In length and in the size of the vessel this is the principle to be followed.

O Siva, the devotee shall place the thread on the idol.

17. Such that it passes through the chest, navel and thigh and resets on the knee.

18. The length of the thread may be one thousand and eight angulas. With four, thirtysix, twentyfour, or twelve knots.

19. The Pavitraka shall be dyed with SafTron turmeric or sandal paste.

The devotee who has observed fast shall consecrate the Pavitra.

20. He shall dedicate to Sankar$ana in the east the twig and Kuia grass placed in a vessel made of banyan tree leaves in all the eight quarters.

1. Variant: Saoa-valkqjam.

2. Here we find deification of Om.

3. Ananta or £ esa-n& ga.

4. The sun.

5. < xane& a.

21-22. The same dyed with yellow pigment and saffron shall be dedicated to Pradyumna in the south. The devotee who is about to wage war shall for the sake of good results dedicate the Pavitra dyed with sandal, blue ashes, gingelly seeds and rice grains in a mixture, to Aniruddha in the west. He shall assign in the south-east and other directions the deities £ n\ etc.

23. The devotee shall inspire the Pavitra with Vdsudeva mantra once, look at it and worship again. He shall then cover it with a cloth carefully.

24. And place it in front of the deity or in front of the mystic diagram of the idol. As before, let him place it in the west-south and north.

25. In order of Brdhmana, etc., and worship the pitcher.

After making a Man$ala with the Astra-manlra, let him offer the oblation (Naivedya ).

26-27. After finishing the rite of Adhivdsa 1 to the Pavitra, he shall encircle the altar, the soul with Kalafa (pitcher) >

sacrificial pit, Vimdna (the resting place of idols), maniapa (the raised platform) and the house with three or nine (threads).

He shall take one thread and place it on the head of the deity.

28. After that let him perform the worship of Maheivara and recite this mantra — “O lord of gods Paramelvara! Thou hast been invoked for the worship.

29. I shall worship thee in the morning. Please be present near the materials got ready. ” The Adhivdsa rite shall thus be performed for one night or three nights.

30. He shall be awake throughout the night and in the morning after worshipping Keiava 2 he shall put the three Pavitrakas — the best, the middling and the smallest in order.

31. He shall show incense and inspire with mantras.

Reciting the names of the knots he shall worship with flowers and other things.

32. It shall again be worshipped with Gdyatri and then dedicated to the deity. Let the end of this sacred thread be held by his sons, wife, etc.

1. Application of scents. Adhivdsa or Adhivdsana also means preliminary consecration of om image, making a divinity assume its abode in an image.

33. “I am holding in front of you this beautiful Pavitraka with pure knots, destructive of the greatest iniquity, dispelling all sins. ”

34. (Having said so) the devotee shall place the three threads (best, middling and the smallest) in order. “This is the pure refulgence of Vifnu that destroys all sins.

35. In order to acquire virtue, love and wealth I wear this round my neck. ”

After worshipping the garland of wild flowers he shall dedicate it with its own mantra.

36. After making various kinds of food-offerings, let him make oblations and offerings of flowers.

37. In a sacrificial pit twelve angulas in length let him worship fire and offer a Pavitra one hundred and eight angulas long. Let him first offer Arghya to the Sun and then a Pavitra.

38. Then O Hara, let him worship Vifvaksena and the preceptor with Arghya, etc. Then let him recite this mantra in front of the deity, standing with the joined palms.

39. O Suresvara, 1 2 3 4 whether I know it completely or I am ignorant, I have completed the worship. Due to thy grace let it be fulfilled.

40. (As if it was) with jewels, corals and garlands of Mand& ra 2 flowers, O Garufadhvaja, 3 let this Sdmvatsari (Annual) worship be dedicated unto thee.

41. Just as thou wearest the Vanamald and Kaustubha always on thy chest, so also be pleased to wear this Pavitra — the garland of threads too.

42. After worshipping and reciting the prayer thus, let him feed the brahmins and give them Dakpirids and send them off in the evening.

43. The next day he shall say thus: — “O Pavitraka, after finishing the Sdrhvatsari Pujd thou art discharged. Be pleased to go now to the world of Vi? nu. ”

1. Lord of the deities.

2. Perhaps calotropls gigantea or C. procera VM, p. 32.

3. (VifQu) in whose banner is the image of Garu^a.

4. ^ An offering, as a fee or remuneration, to the preceptor or to the br& hmapas.

CHAPTER FORTYFOUR.

{Contemplation of Brahman or Vifnu's form).

Hari said:

1. After worshipping with Pavitra, etc. if the devotee meditates deeply on Brahman he shall become identical with Hari. I shall now describe the meditation on Brahman destructive of the machine of Mdyd ( Illusion).

2. The intelligent shall restrict speech with the mind and the mind in the soul which is of the form of pure knowledge. The intellect shall be confined to the Mahat (the great principle) if one wishes for pure knowledge in the soul.

3-5. Samddhi 1 or Spiritual Trance is the realisation I am Brahman — the Brahman that is shorn of body, sense organs, mind, intellect, the vital airs, the ego, the subtle particles of the five elements, the three Gunas, birth and feeding; the Brahman that is self-luminous, devoid of forms, beginningless and of the nature of perpetual Bliss; the Brahman that is eternal, pure, conscious, flourishing, true, blissful, without a second (real entity). It is the fourth imperishable Brahman the supreme position. (Fourth — beyond the trinity and the three Gunas ).

6. Know the Soul to be like a charioteer, the body is the. chariot; know the intellect lo be the driver and mind the rein; the sense-organs are the horses; the objects are subsidiary to senses.

7-9. The learned speak of the soul in conjunction with sense-organs and the mind as the Bhoktr (Enjoyer of worldly experience). He who is endowed with the vehicle of VijMna (Real perception) and a full concentrated mind attains that supreme position. He is not born again. With real knowledge as the charioteer and mind as the rein the soul crosses the Divine Gangd. That is the supreme position of Visnu.

Non-violence etc. is called Tama (Restraint). Purity, etc. is called Niyama (religious ritual).

1. Samddhi means perfect absorption of thought into one subject of meditation, e. g. the supreme spirit.

10. The Togic pastures of Padma (squatting posture) etc are called Asanas. Full control over the breath is called Pr& yd ydma.

The withdrawal ( of the senses from the objects) is called Jaya; Dhydna is the meditation on the Lord.

11. The stabilisation of the mind is Dhdrand and Sam& dhi is the existence in Brahman, (i. e. Realisation that I am Brahman).

If at first, it is not possible to concentrate the mind, then the devotee shall meditate on an idol.

12. In the middle of the pericarp of the lotus Of the heart the form of Visnu bearing Sankha, Cakra and Gadd shall be meditated upon endowed with Srivatsa (the indelible congenital mark) and the gem Kaustubha, refulgent with the glow of the garland of forest flowers.

13. He is the supreme Lord the eternal, the pure, the intelligent and known as Truth and Bliss. The devotee shall always be conscious— “I am the Atman, the supreme Brahman y the great Light. '

14. Visnu of twenty-four different forms 1 (incarnations) is seated on the Sdlagrdma stone. Hari can also be meditated upon or worshipped as staying in Dvaraka, 2 etc.

15. The devotee shall acquire all desires and become Deva moving about in Vimdna (aerial chariot)

Contemplating on the idol, singing prayers and reciting the names, the devotee, free from desires, shall attain salvation.

1. A stone held sacred and worshipped by the Vaifoavas, because its spirals are supposed to contain or to be typical of VifQu. It is an ammonite found in the river Gap^aka, and is valued more or less highly according to the number of its spirals and perforations. ( CDHM p. 275. )

2. " Krfoa’s capital in Gujrat sea-coast after the Y& davas migrated there from North India. There is a modern city of this name in Gttfrat.

CHAPTER FORTYFIVE.

Characteristics of Sdlagrdma.

Hari said:

1. Relcvent to the context I shall explain the characteristics of Sdlagrdma stone a touch of which destroys the sins of a crore of births.

2. Gadddhara (Visnu) bearing Sankha, Cakra, Gadd and Padrna is called KeJava. (In this and those that follow, the order of the weapons shall be preserved for the success of meditation]. The supreme lord holding Abja (Padma), Kaumodaki (gada) Cakra and SaAkha is N& rdyana.

3. Srigadddhara (Visnu) bearing Cakra, Sankha, Abja and Gadd is Mddhava Gadddhara (Visnu). He can be worshiped as Govinda wearing Gadd, Abja, Sankha and Cakra.

4. Obeisance unto thee of the form of Visnu bearing Padma, Sankha, Cakra and Gadd. Obeisance to Madhusudana mUrti (form bearing Sankha, Abja, Gadd and Cakra.

5. Obeisance unto Traivikratna (the incarnation Vdmana who took three steps) bearing Gadd, Cakra, Sankha and Abja.

Obeisance unto Vdmana murti, bearing Cakra, Kaumodaki, Padma and Sankha.

6. Obeisance unto Sridhara-mftrti bearing Cakra, Sankha and Gadd. Obeisance unto Hrfxkeia bearing -di/'a, Go/d and SaAkha and CaAra.

7. Obeisance unto thee in the form of Padmandbha 1 2

bearing v4A/a, Cakra, Gadd and SaAkha. O Ddmodara obeisance, obeisance unto thee bearing Sankha, Cakra, Gadd and Padma.

8. Obeisance unto Vdsudeva bearing Cakra, SaAkha, Gadd and Abja. Obeisance unto Sankar$ana bearing SaAkha, Abja, Cakra and Gadd.

1. Name of Vi$pu, literally meaning ‘from whose navel comes out a lotus.

2. Name of Vifou. more properly of Ktfpa because his foster mother tried to tie him up with a rope ( ddman ) round his belly {udara ). (CDHM p. 80)

9. Obeisance to Pradyumna^mQrti bearing SaAkha, Gaddy Abja and Cakra. Obeisance unto Aniruddha bearing Gaddy SaAkha, Abja and Cakra.

10. Obeisance to Purufottama-mtirti bearing Abja, SaAkha, Gadd and Cakra. Obeisance unto thee in the form of

Adhok$qja l 2 3

bearing Gadd, SaAkha, Cakra and Padma.

11. Obeisance unto Nrsimha-mdrti bearing Padma, Gadd, Sankha and Cakra. Obeisance to Acyuta-mQrtP bearing Padma, Cakra, SaAkha and Gadd.

12. I invoke Jandrdana here bearing Sankha, Cakra, Abja and Gadd. Obeisance, obeisance unto thee, O Upendra 4 5 having Gadd, Cakra, Padma and Sankha.

13. Obeisance unto Harl-mUrti 6 bearing Cakra, Abja, Gadd and Sankha. Obeisance unto Srikr$na-mUrtl bearing Gadd, Abja, Cakra and Sankha.

14. The Sdlagrdma stone white in colour that has two ring-like marks at the entrance is called Vdsudeva. Let Lord Vi? nu presiding over it protect you all.

15. The stone red in colour, having the mark of a lotus in front, with two clearly defined ring-like marks, is called SaAkarjana. If it is yellow in colour with ringlike marks not clearly defined it is called Pradyumna.

16-17. Aniruddha stone is blue in colour; it has a long aperture at the top, it has three lines at the lateral aperture. It is circular in shape. The Ndrdyana stone is black in colour with the form of Gadd in the middle, with the Cakra lines at the centre that is lifted up. The stone called Nrsirhha has a stout chest and three dots. It is tawny in colour. May it protect us 1. NameofVi? nu.

2. Unfallen; a name of Vi? pu or K^a, It has been variously interpreted as signifying “he who docs not perish with created things", in the Mah& bh& rata as “he who is not distinct from final emancipation", and in the Skanda Purina as “he who never declines (or varies) from his proper nature". It can also mean ‘one who is firm, one who does not yield to passions. (CDHM p. 2; SSED p. 7).

3. The adored of mankind; A name of Krwa or ViQu; but other derivations are offered, as ‘extirpator of the wicked, by Safikaricirya.

(CDHMp. 133).

4. Name of Vi$nu as the younger brother of Indra in his fifth or dwarf incarnation. (SSED p. 116. )

5. A name of Viwu.

18. Or it may have five dots. Only Brahmacdrins (students) shall worship it. The S& lagrdma with two uneven ring -like marks is called Vardhafaktilinga. 1 May it protect us.

19. The KUrma mUrti 2 is blue in colour. It has three lines. It is stout and has dots. May the stone called Kr$na depressed at the back and having circular curb protect you.

20. Let the Sridhara stone marked with five lines, a garland of forest flowers and club protect us. Vdmana stone is circular and short. Sureivara stone has a ringlike mark on the leftside.

21. The Anantaka stone is of various colours and forms with serpentine marks. The D& modara stone is stout and of blue colour. In its middle there is a ring-like mark of deep blue colour.

22. The Brahmd stone is of crimson colour. It has a small aperture. May it protect you. It has a long line and a ringlike mark and a large lotus in the aperture.

23. Hayagriva stone has a big aperture, a stout ringlike mark and dark spots. That which has five lines in the form of a goad is Kaustubha stone.

24. Vaikunfha 3 stone is lustrous like a precious gem. It has a single ringlike mark and a lotus. It is dark in colour. The Matsya 4 5 6 stone is of great length in the form of a lotus with lines at the aperture. May it protect you.

25. May the Trivikrama stone with ringlike mark on the left and lines on the right and dark in colour protect you.

Obeisance unto the lord with Gadd staying in Sdlagrdma in Dv& rakd.

26-27. May the Lakfmin& r& yancfi stone protect us — the stone that has one aperture with four ringlike marks, which is bedecked with garland of forest dowers. It has golden lines in the form of cow’s hoofs. It is of the shape of a Kadamba 1

flower. The Sudariana class of stones is marked with a single characteristic.

1. The indicator of the power of the Boar (incarnation of Vi$? u).

2. Refers to the Tortoise-incarnation of Vi? nu.

3. This is supposed to be a paradise where Visctu resides. Sometimes Vifl? u is also called caikuQfha.

4. Refers to the Fish-incarnation of Vi$QU.

5. Vi? nu is called Trwkrama because he took three steps at the time of T Amasa-incamation.

6. Name of Vi? Qu. Literally Lak? mi and N& r& yana.

28. May Vi$nu presiding over it protect us. The Lakfmi n& rdyaijta class is marked with two features, the Trivikrama class with three features. The CaturvyUha 8 class is marked with four features: the V& sudeva class with five.

29. The Pradyumna class with six and the SaAkar$ana class with seven. The Puru$ottama class is marked with eight features, the NavavyUhd 3 class with nine.

30. The DaS& vat& ra class is marked with ten features and Animddha with eleven. May it protect us. The Dv& daS& tmd 5

class is marked with twelve features and the Ananta class with more features.

31. He who reads this prayer consisting of Visnu’s forms shall go to Heaven. Brahmd is four-headed. It (the image) has a staff and two waterpots.

32. That of MaheSvara, 8 has five faces, ten hands and the emblem of a bull. It has suitable weapons and the attendants Gauri 9 Candikd, sarasvatl, 33. And Mahalakfmi. The idol of the Sun has a lotus in the hand. The Ganadhipa? has the face of an elephant. Skanda has six faces.

34. These images of the different characteristic features shall be duly worshipped and installed in mansions after duly consecrating the plot of land. Then the owner of that building shall obtain Virtue, Wealth, fulfilment of desires, emancipation and other benefits.

1. Anthocephalus indicus. (GVDB p. 70. )

2. It refers to the worship of Vi? nu in four -fold forms of Vasudeva, Sahkar§ana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.

3. The worship of Vi? nu in nine forms. They are, according to Garuda Purana— Vasudeva. Balarama, Kama (Pradyumna), Aniruddha, N arayan a, Brahma, Vi? nu, Simha (Nrsimha) and Varaha ( GPEA pp.

332-3).

4. For ten incarnations of Vi$nu see p. 2, fn. 6.

5. Twelve forms of Vi$nu, to be worshippd in each month of the year, viz., KeSava, N& r& yana, M& dhava, Vasudeva, Trivikrama, V& mana, Sridhara, Pradyumna, Hr? ikesa, Padmanabha, Damodara and Aniruddha.

{GPEAy p. 333).

6. Siva.

7. " Gaiieia.

CHAPTER FORTYS1X V& stu-pUjd 1

Hari said:

1. I shall now briefly describe the Vdstu Pujd (worship of the site) which destroys obstacles in the building of houses.

Beginning from the north-east corner the worship shall extend to eighty-one feet.

2-3. The Vdstu Puru$a's 2 head is worshipped in the northcast; the feet in the south-west and the hands in the south-east and north-west. In building temporary sheds, houses, cities, villages, bazaars, palaces, parks, forts, temples and monasteries the twcntytwo deities shall be worshipped outside the plot and thirteen within.

4-7. The deities are: — Iia, Par j any a Jayanta 4, Kuliid yudha (lndra. ) S ury a, Satya 5, Bhrgu, Ak& fa (sky), Vdyu, Ptisan, Vitatha 7, Graha 8, Kfetra, • the two Tamos 9 Gandharva, Bhrgtirdja, Mrga, 1 Pitrgaw, Dauvdrika, 2 Sugriva, Pu$padanta Ganddhipa.

-Awra, 5 the two Se$apadas, Roga Ahimukhya 7 y Bhalldfa, SarpcP t Aditi, Z)£ /i — these thirty two are to be worshipped outside.

Listen to the four to be worshipped within.

l v. Vdstu means the site for building and also the house. Hence Vdstu pUjd means the worship of the site chosen for building a temple or a house. It is treated as a must for the safe and sound construction.

2. Vdstu -pvrusa is the presiding deity of the site. According to a legend in the Matsya-pur& ga, Lord Siva assumed a ferocious form to kill the demon, Andhaka. Drops of perspiration fell from Siva’s forehead and therefrom a fierce ghost came out. He was given a boon by Siva. Thereafter he fell down covering the entire earth. Then he came to be worshipped. In Vedic literature, we come across V& stc$pati, the Protector of Houses. (GPEA, p. 395; CDHM t p. 342).

3. A Rgvedic deity. He is the deity of the rains or the rains personified.

4. Son of Indra.

5. Truth (personified).

6. A famous sage, progenitor of the Bh& rgavas. The planet Venus is also called Bhrgu.

7. Falsehood (penonified).

8. The planet. It also means a class of demons supposed to seize upon children and produce convulsions. ( SSED p.

195. )

9. Field or ground.

8. In the four corners beginning with the north-east, the four devas stationed therein shall be worshipped by the scholarly devotee. They are Apa, Savitra 9, Jaya and Rudra, 9. In the middle, Brahmd and his eight attendants all round shall be worshipped from the cast. Their names are as follows: —

10. Aryaman 10 y Savilr, Vivasvdn n, Vibudhddhipa u 9 Mitra y Rdjaya$kmd u, Prthvidhara.

11. And the eighth Apavatsa. These are to be placed all round Brahmd. The group of deities beginning with northeast is called Durga.

12. And that beginning with south-east is called Durdhara. These Vdstudevas — Aditi y Himavantd l4, Jayanta, 13. Ndyikd, Kalikd, Sakra 15, and Gandharvaga shall first be worshipped and then only the work of building houses and palaces should be commenced.

14. The image of Brhaspati 16 shall be installed in front.

The kitchen shall be made in the south-east with a ventilator just enough to let a monkey pass through. In the east, the sacrificial altar shall be erected.

1. The constellation Mrga^iras.

2. A door-keeper.

3. The monkey-chief mentioned in the R& m& yana. He helped Rama in his war against Ravana. (CD//Af, p. 306).

4. One of the attendants of Siva; Pu? padanta is also the name of one of the guardian elephants.

5. Asura generally means a demon. However, it is also the name of R& hu.

6. Disease (personified).

7. Reference may be to V& suki.

8. Generally means a serpent.

9. The sun.

10. One of the Adityas.

1 1. The sun.

12. Indra.

13. The disease called consumption.

14. Himalaya.

15. Indra.

16. Brhaspati is a?. gvedic deity. He is also called Brahmanaspati.

He is invoked as the deity of the prayers. He is as well called Purohita. In 15. The room for storing scents and flowers shall be made in the north-east paved with slabs. The store-room shall be made in the north and the cowshed in the north-west.

16. The water-shed (Bath room? ) having windows is to be made in the west. The room for storing sacrificial twigs, Xkfc-grass, fuel, weapons, etc. shall be constructed in the south-west.

17. The guest-room shall be in the south. It shall be furnished with beds, seats, sandals, water pots, fire, lamps, etc.

It shall be beautifully laid out and servants shall be employed to look to their comfort.

18. Other houses shall be made fully bedecked with flowers of five colours, plantain trees, water sheds, etc.

19. An outer wall shall be erected five hastas (cubits)

high. Thus Visnu-Aframa shall be made with gardens and parks.

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