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ÄSHIKÄ
Äshikä puja is performed only in the Digambar tradition. The Äshikä is a small plate with a holder that is used to place the cloves or Pushpa (yellow rice) during invocation. Nine full cloves or nine unbroken rice grains are taken in the left palm. Each time the mantras for Sthapana, ähwänan, and sandhikaran are chanted, three Pushpa or cloves, with the head pointing forward, are held between the right ring finger and the thumb and are placed on the Ashikä.
Jal
Chandan
Dhoop
Arghya Mixture of
all eight substances
Akshat
Deepak
Pushpa
Naivedya
The plate in which the eight Dravyas
are arranged
The plate in which the offerings
are offered
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