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

the mention of Yoga which is defined as the unification
of Jīvātmā and Paramātmā and of the eight limbs of the Yoga
and their detailed description At the end is given the
description of the centres of Kundalinī in the body i e
Mūlādhāra, Svādhishthāna, Manipura, Anāhata, Viśuddha,
Ājñā and the thousand-petalled lotus above them, which,
in turn is followed by such instructions as those for bathing
and application of collyrium to the eyes and the cleaning
of teeth
7th CHAPTER
In the above is given the way in which the
devotee of Mahātripurasundarī is to purify his body and
perform the Sandhyā Bathing is said to be of three kinds
as also the Sandhyā The kinds are physical, mental and
psychic consisting in the purification respectively of the
body, the mind and the soul In the three kinds of Sandhyā
done in the morning, mid-day and evening the devotee is
to meditate upon Mahātripurasundarī in three forms. The
Gāyatrī of Mahātripurasundarī is given as त्रिपुरसुन्दरि विद्महे
कामेश्वरि धीमहि तन्न. क्लिन्ने प्रचोदयात् . Each of these
twentyfour letters is said to have a peculiar colour
and shape The muttering of the same results in having
release form different kinds of sins Agni etc, are the
presiding deities of these twentyfour letters Paraśurāma,
Menanātha, Agastya, Vaśishtha and Dattātreya are declared
to have freed themsleves from heinous crimes such as
matricide etc. Every important event in the life of a
practitioner is to commence with the worship of Tripura-