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

the previous day and perform worship to Brahmins or teachers,
Gaṇeśa, mother deities ad manes. The Japa is to be done
in a suitable place which is to be selected carefully by
testing the same with the help of the diagram called Kur-
machakra consisting of nine sections in which the alphabet
or the Mātṛkā is arranged in a prescribed manner The
rosary to be used is to consist of the beads of pearl, crystal
etc Beads may number a hundred, fifty or twentyeight
One of them which stands for the Meru should be the
biggest, the rest being gradually smaller in size and each
bead should have a knot The holy articles of food such
as curd, milk, Ghee etc should be taken and those of the
opposed character should be avoided The practitioner should
also observe sleeping on the earth, celibacy, silence, absence
of envy, three daily baths, avoidance of mean acts, daily
worship, daily charity, praising of the deity, occasional
worship, reliance on the teacher and the deity and avoid
the company of and eating with women, Sudra, outcast etc,
lying, cheating, deceitful talk, hearing the music and seeing
a dance etc Japa should not be done when the doer is without a
Pavitra in the hand naked, with the head covered, without
a seat, asleep, going or standing in the street, dark places
or talking It should not be continued on seeing, talking to
and hearing an outcast, sneezing, discharging the wind and
yawning Everyday such an amount of Japa should be done
from the morning till midday as has been fixed per day