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

to fill his hands with flowers and throw them so as to see
whether their throw is in the auspicious direction or other-
wise In the latter case the initiator is to ward off the evil
by performing a Homa After performing worship to the
attendant deities of Tripurasundarī sacrificial food is to be
prepared of which a part is to be offered to her and the
rest to the fire, care being taken that the fire is ablaze
The candidate is to have his face covered with a cloth
and then be besprinkled with the water from Viśeshārghya
and the initiator is to request the goddess to be kind to
the candidate and inspire him with her devotion After this
he has to receive instructions from the initiator as to the
line of action he should follow in future The initiator should
imagine that the fetters of sins binding the body of the
candidate have been burnt down with the fire of kuṇḍalinī
rising from the Mulādhāra to the Brahmarandra and also
enter his body through the Yogic power and unite his soul
with his own After having him seated on a diagram of the
alphabet, the initiator should bathe him with the water of
the water-pot, muttering the three Bījas of the Mūlamantra
and then dress him and oint him with sandal-wood and other
pastes He should also instruct the candidate to perform the
Mātrikā-nyāsa and the Mantra-nyāsa at the end of which
his face is to be unveiled and he sees things required for
the worship and takes food, while muttering the mantras of