कामिक आगम: पूर्व भाग (अष्टाविंशति मूल शैव आगमों का प्रथम एवं सर्वोच्च आगम महाकोश)

Where the system of the least type of the foremost category is followed, one drona of rice should be used
in all the three sessions. Half a drona of rice should be for the midnight session. One hundred and eight
lamps should be lighted in this session. Offering of bali and fire-ritual should be done in all the three
sessions. Twenty-four musical instruments which include all kinds of instruments should be sounded.
Thirty-four, twenty-four or ten women artistes who are with charming and youthful appearance, who are
well trained in the traditional dancing should perform the classical dance in all the three sessions. There
should be five Acharyas for this program which should last for the duration of one ‘yaama’.
उत्तमं मध्यमं यत्र त्रिकालेषु चतुर्हविः॥ ३९२
पायसादीनि विधिना प्रत्येकं द्रोण तण्डुलैः।
द्रोणं शुद्धोदनं कुर्यात् पाचयित्वा पृथक् पृथक् ॥ ३९३
द्रोणं तु चार्धयामे तु दीपश्चैव शतद्वयम्।
त्रिकालं बलिहोमं च शीतारि दीपं उच्यते ॥ ३९४
वाद्यकानां चतुस्त्रिंशत् पञ्चाशद्गणिकान्वितम्।
कालं यामद्वयं प्रोक्तं नृत्तं कुर्यात्तित्सन्धिषु॥ ३९५
uttamaṁ madhyamaṁ yatra trikāleṣu caturhaviḥ|| 392
pāyasādīni vidhinā pratyekaṁ droṇa taṇḍulaiḥ|
droṇaṁ śuddhodanaṁ kuryāt pācayitvā pṛthak pṛthak|| 393
droṇaṁ tu cārdhayāme tu dīpaścaiva śatadvayam|
trikālaṁ balihomaṁ ca śītāri dīpaṁ ucyate|| 394
vādyakānāṁ catustriṁśat pañcāśadgaṇikānvitam|
kālaṁ yāmadvayaṁ proktaṁ nṛttaṁ kuryāttrisandhiṣu|| 395
Where the system of the medium type of the foremost category is followed, four prasthas of havis and
payasa(rice boiled with milk and sugar) should be used in all the three sessions. One drona of rice should
be cooked separately for the preparation pure food(suddhodana) for each session. One drona of rice
should be used for the midnight session. Two hundred lamps should be lighted in this session. Bali, homa,
special kind of incense known as ‘sitari’, lamp – should be offered in all the three sessions. There should
be thirty-four musical instruments and fifty ‘ganikas’(women dance-performers devoted to temple services)
for the performance of dance program. This dance should be performed in all the tree sessions so as to
last for the duration of two yaamas.
उत्तमोत्तमं उद्दिश्य हविष्यक्रमं उच्यते।
पायसादीनि पक्वानि पञ्चद्रोणेन वै पृथक् ॥ ३९६
तदर्धमर्धरात्रे तु दीपाः पञ्चशतं उच्यते।
त्रिकालं बलिहोमं च पञ्चाशद्वाद्य संयुतम् ॥ ३९७
षोडशद्विशतैश्चैव गणिकाभिस्समन्वितम्।
नृत्तं कुर्यात् त्रिसन्ध्यायां कालो यामयुतो भवेत्॥ ३९८