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## Chapter 168
**Entrance Mantra for the Chaityaalaya (Temple)**
**By Somasen Bhadra, the Poet**
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**Om, I, free from impurities, free from impurities, enter the Jinalaya (Jain Temple) for the sake of the Triratna (Three Jewels), for the sake of the Vidya Mandala (Circle of Knowledge), for the sake of the time, free from impurities. Swaha.**
**Entering the Jinalaya:** Recite this mantra and enter the Jinalaya.
**Mantra for Sprinkling Perfumed Water:**
**Om, I sprinkle this pure perfumed water on my head. Swaha.**
**Sprinkling Perfumed Water:** Recite this mantra and sprinkle perfumed water on your head.
**Method of Salutation:**
**The devotee, adorned with a dhoti and dupatta, should bow down to Sri Jinadhip (the Lord of Jinas) on the ground, either with the eight-limbed prostration or the five-limbed prostration.** (62)
**Or, the wise ones may perform the prostration with the half-lying posture. With devotion and proper method, they should perform the prostration, seeing the appropriate space.** (63)
**- Eight-limbed Prostration:**
**The hands, feet, head, chest, and both cheeks, these eight limbs are mentioned in the Jinagama for prostration.** (64)
**Meaning:** Prostrating with these eight limbs touching the ground is called the eight-limbed prostration. (64)