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

ऐं मां माले महामाले सर्वशक्तिस्वरूपिणि। चतुर्वर्गस्त्वयि न्यस्तस्तस्मात् मे
सिद्धिदा भव After being so purified in the said manner,
it is to be held in the right hand with the mantra
ग्लौ अविघ्न कुरु माले त्वम् Care is to be taken in
rotating it in a cautious manner, so that it may not
slip down from the hand. The rosary along with
Yantra, mantra and mudrā is strictly prohibited from
being shown to any body The Index finger is not
to be at all used in its rotation The five fingers thumb
to the little finger are to be used in the Japa respectively
meant for emancipation, destruction of the enemies, earning
of wealth, pacification and attraction Vīrāsana is helpful to
Japa Japa is of three kinds loud, low and mental, the loud
being inferior to the low, and the latter to the mental
It is to be done neither too quick nor too slow with the
mind entirely withdrawn from the sense-objects Unlike a
hymn, Japa is always to be mental in the case of Shrī-
vidyā The minimum number of times that Japa is to be
done comes to 108, the middle to a thousand and the
maximum to ten thousand Rules to be observed in Japa
are that the practitioner is lightly-dressed, must not have
his hands wrapped up with cloth and must have his head
naked and free from cares, be neither, angry nor hasty,
neither diseased, nor hungry. He must above all have his
mind concentrated