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## Third Study
## Mahakali
## Mahakali's Laghusinghanishkridit Tapa
6 - Thus Mahakali, having attained the auspiciousness of the Khuddagasīhanikkīliyā tapa, did as follows:
She performed a **vihara**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chautha**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chhattha**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed an **aṭṭhama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chhattha**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **dasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed an **aṭṭhama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **duvālasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **dasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chaudasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **duvālasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **sollasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chaudasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed an **aṭṭhārasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **sollasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **vīsaima**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed an **aṭṭhārasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **vīsaima**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **sollasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed an **aṭṭhārasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chaudasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **sollasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **bārasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chaudasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **dasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **bārasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed an **aṭṭhama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **dasama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chhattha**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed an **aṭṭhama**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chautha**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chhattha**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chautha**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**.
Thus, there are four **parivāḍī**s. In one **parivāḍī**, there are six months and seven days. In four **parivāḍī**s, there are two years and twenty-eight days until **siddha**.
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Like Kali, Mahakali also accepted **dīkshā**. Notably, she performed the **laghusinghanishkridit tapa**, which is as follows:
She performed a **upavāsa**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **bela**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **upavāsa**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **tela**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **bela**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chaula**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **tela**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **pachौla**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed a **chaula**, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed six **upavāsa**s, followed by a **sarvakaamguṇiyā pāraṇā**. She performed seven **upavāsa**s,
**Varg 8, Sutra 2**