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

for release, renunciation, control over everything, the practising
of the eight-limbed Yoga, avoidance of enjoyment, mercy
towards all beings, acquisition of omniscience etc.
35th CHAPTER
The worship of Devī through the medium of a lady
forms the subject-matter of this chapter. This is strictly to
be done in privacy and at night. In laying stress on the
use of the necessary material for this sort of worship
instances are quoted of Vishnu, Indra, Pushpadanta, Datt-
ātreya and Balarāma. Various powers are said to be obtain-
able from this worship. But the worshipper is to do ever
function with the help of his wife.
36th CHAPTER.
In this chapter the follower of Kulāchāra is instructed
to have his wife initiated like himself by his own teacher
who is to treat her as his own daughter. The Kula worship
is to be celebrated on the 8th and 14th day of each half
of the month through a diagram drawn on an earthen pot
with red lead. The diagram is to consist of a hexagon in-
side a lotus. The image of Devī is to be drawn with the
same material in the middle of the hexagon. The name of
the person to be hypnotized is to occupy the cheeks of
the image. The Mantra of Devī ऐं क्लीं सौः comes before
and after. The Kāmabīja, i. e, क्लीं should be prominent in