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INTRODUCTION
The diagram given after Sri Māyābīja-stotra is only one ofthe several Yantras. Sri Jwālāmālini current among Jain Māntrikas.
As regards the second hymn, we have to note that the text requires to be corrected with the aid of a good manuscript. Sri Hemacandrācārya, in his Yogasastra (VIII, vv. 47-56), has described the Sādhanā of Hriņkāra. It is one of the Mantras of Sri Padmavati. It is the principal Mantrabīja worshipped by Sāktas who call it Devī -Pranava and consider it perhaps more sacred than even Oinkára. $ According to the famous Kalvānavrstistava the Vedas declare Hriņkāra alone to be the name of Tripurasundari+. It is called Saktibija, Trilokābija, Adimantra, Atmabīja, Paramestibija and Siddhavidyā. The hymn describes the three kinds of Dhyána viz. white, red and yellow for achieving different objects. Nothing can be said about its authorship but perhaps the words 'Saubhāgyalaksmī and Mahodayapadam' occuring in vv. 13 and 16 respectively may furnish a clue. We would only state that there did live one Udayaprabhasūri the preceptor of the famous author of Syadvādamañjari circa 1300 Vikram era if one is inclined to read his name in the phrase 'Mahodayapadam.'
APPENDIX 26 The correct title of the hymn contained in this Appendix would be "Srividyā-garbhastotram", as the hymn like the famous Kalyānavęsţistava includes the 15 syllabled Srividyā formed by taking the initial syllables of the verses 3 to 17, but the initial letter of v. 17 should be 'Hrim' and not 'Srim'. V.3 expressly mentions Pancadasākşari.
वियदीकारसंयुक्तं वीतिहोत्रसमन्वितम् । अर्धेन्दुलसितं देव्या बीजं सर्वार्थसाधकम् ॥१८॥ एवमेकाक्षरं ब्रह्म यतयः शुद्धचेतसः । ध्यायन्ति परमानन्दमया ज्ञानाम्बुराशयः ॥१९॥
-श्री देव्यथर्वशीर्षम् । व तव नाम गृणन्ति वेदाः मातत्रिकोणनिलये त्रिपुरे त्रिनेत्रे ।' इत्यादि
