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

nṛpāṇāṁ caturaṅgulyaṁ vaiśyānāṁ dvyaṅgulaṁ bhavet|| 79
śūdrāṇāmapi sarveṣāṁ ekāṅgulyaṁ tripuṇḍrakam|
strīṇāṁ tathaiva kurvīta anyajātistu varjayet|| 80
The tripundra should be marked as per the directions with the three fingers – index finger, middle
finger and the ring finger. For the brahmins, tripundra should be with a length of 6 angulas. For
the kshatriyas, it should be in 4 angulas. For the vaisyas, it should be in 2 angulas. For all the
sudras, it should be in one angula. For the women, it should be in one angula. People of other
castes should refrain from applying the tripundra.
स्त्रीणां तु तिलकं वापि पट्टाकारं अथापि वा।
अथ दीप समाकारं अर्धचन्द्रं ललामकम॥ ८१
पुंस्त्रीनपुंसकादीनां सर्वेषां प्रविधीयते।
पेषितं चन्दनेनैव वारिणा संयुतं तु वा॥ ८२
केवलं वा विधातव्यं भस्मस्नानं दिनेदिने।
प्रातर्मध्याह्न सायाह्न मध्यरात्रेषु सर्वदा॥ ८३
त्रिकालं वा द्विकालं वा चैककालं अथापि वा।
भस्मस्नानं यथा योग्यं यः कुर्यात्सकृदेव वा॥ ८४
सर्वपाप विनिर्मुक्तस्साधयेद् ईप्सितं फलम्।
strīṇāṁ tu tilakaṁ vāpi paṭṭākāraṁ athāpi vā|
atha dīpa samākāraṁ ardhacandraṁ lalāmakam|| 81
puṁstrīnapuṁsakādīnāṁ sarveṣāṁ pravidhīyate|
peṣitaṁ candanenaiva vāriṇā saṁyutaṁ tu vā|| 82
kevalaṁ vā vidhātavyaṁ bhasmasnānaṁ dinedine|
prātarmadhyāhna sāyāhna madhyarātreṣu sarvadā|| 83
trikālaṁ vā dvikālaṁ vā caikakālaṁ athāpi vā|
bhasmasnānaṁ yathā yogyaṁ yaḥ kuryātsakṛdeva vā|| 84
sarvapāpa vinirmuktassādhayed īpsitaṁ phalam|
The women may apply the bhasma to be in the form of circular mark or in the form of a single
stripe. It has also been laid down that the bhasma may be marked so as to be in the form of a
lamp, half-moon or a mark with a blaze around it, by all men, women and hermaphrodites. Daily,