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

and a length of two hastas. The waistband(kati sutra) should be made of three strands and it
should be tightened with two knots.
कार्पास निर्मितं सूत्रं त्रिगुणं त्रिगुणीकृतम्।
सूत्रमेकं तु शूद्राणां वैश्यानां द्विसरं भवेत्॥ ८९
त्रिसरं क्षत्रियाणां तु विप्राणां सप्तसंख्यकम्।
यद्वा पञ्चसरं तेषां नवसूत्रं तथापि वा॥ ९०
kārpāsa nirmitaṁ sūtraṁ triguṇaṁ triguṇīkṛtam|
sūtramekaṁ tu śūdrāṇāṁ vaiśyānāṁ dvisaraṁ bhavet|| 89
trisaraṁ kṣatriyāṇāṁ tu viprāṇāṁ saptasaṁkhyakam|
yadvā pañcasaraṁ teṣāṁ navasūtraṁ athāpi vā|| 90
The sacred thread should be made of cotton. One strand should be made of three threads and the
sacred thread should be made of three such strands. The sudra should wear one sacred thread;
the vaisyas, two sacred threads; the kshatriyas, three sacred threads; the brahmins, seven sacred
threads or five sacred threads. Or, they may wear nine sacred threads.
सोत्तरीयान्तु विप्राणां शूद्राणां केवलं तु तत्।
क्षत्रविट्शूद्र जातीनां यदुक्तम् चोपवीतकम्॥ ९१
पूजादि मन्त्रकाले तु धार्यन्नो धार्यमेव वा।
अनुलोमादि वर्णानां युक्तायुक्तं विचार्य च॥ ९२
जातिभेदोक्त विधिना न धार्यं धार्यमेव च।
sottarīyantu viprāṇāṁ śūdrāṇāṁ kevalaṁ tu tat|
kṣatraviṭchūdra jātīnāṁ yaduktam copavītakam|| 91
pūjādi mantrakāle tu dhāryanno dhāryameva vā|
anulomādi varṇānāṁ yuktāyuktaṁ vicārya ca|| 92
jātibhedokta vidhinā na dhāryaṁ dhāryameva ca|
The brahmins should be with upper garment. The sudras should be with waist-garment alone.
The sacred thread which has been told to be worn by the kshatriyas, vaisyas and sudras should
be worn by them only during the time of deity-worship and incantation. During other times,