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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
Then the linga, (lingaśuddhi,) saying:Chaturtham linga-suddhi-dam || "Fourthly, purity of the Linga."
And to prevent his yawning, coughing, &c., he makes mantraśuddhi, repeating :
Panchamai mantra-suddhis syat || Prichyanté pakaka-juddhayaḥ ||| "Fifthly, let there be the purity of the mantras. Thus five kinds of purities are enumerated." He then sits down in the Mahamandapa and worships Sûrya.
Then he observes the following,Sthandila-vidhiḥ Uttaman drona-sális tu madhyamam tu tad ardhakam | dviprastham kanyasamproktam sthandilam tu vidhiyaté || adhamam tv aḍhakam prôkṭam tri-vidham parikalpayét ||
"Rule for covering the ground. The best mode of covering is by two measures of Sáli grain; a medium mode is by half of that quantity'; a low mode is by half a measure; these (three) form the definition of Sthandila. The lowest mode is by a quarter measure."
This rule is otherwise given thus:Siva-sthandilam évôktam madhyamam tu tad ardhakam ||
And the rule for worship is,Sthandila sthal-alamkara-vidhiḥ Darbhaiḥ pushpais samástirya Sridevim tatra sa yajet || On a raised stone in the floor in front of him a sthânikâr places 4 measures of rice, which the bhattar spreads into a square and traces on it a circular flower
with 8 petals. On it he places darbha grass and flowers, saying:
Sri dévyai namaḥ, and then puts a little sandal paste on it. He then takes an empty vessel like a teapot without handle, and after fumigating it with lighted camphor he ties a thread over it, passing it five times at equal distances down the sides and over the shoulders and bottom, and putting sandal paste and akshatáḥ on four sides, he places it over the figure drawn on the rice. Next, taking akshatah in his left hand he places it on the rice at the bottom of the vessel, saying: Pádé Brahmanam áváhayámi." Again he puts more on the body of the pot, saying:-Madhyé Vishnum áváhayámi; on the lip, saying:Osh the Rudram áváhayámi; again on two sides,
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saying:-Dvi-párévayor nandikálau áváhayami; next inside the pot, the assistant saying:
Pátré jaláváhana-vidhiḥ || Gangá cha Yamuná chaiva Narmada cha Sarasvati | Sindhur Godavari chaiva Kávéri Tâmbraparnika || kalasé tu samabiyarla ghrúpé Vighnéivars yojët | Suddhodam kalasé pûrya krichhram tu anyatô nyaset ||
27 Pátravahana-vidhik | Pádé Brahmanam abhyarchya madhye Vishnuns samarchayet|8shtké Rudram samabhy. archya nandikalau dvi-parvy ||
The precept for deifying the vessel. At the foot
"The precept for deifying the water in the vessel. Inside the vessel, Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, Sarasvati, Sindhu, Godavari, Kâvêri, and Tâmbraparnika, are to be worshipped. At the spout of the vessel, Vighnêśvara is to be worshipped."
Lastly he puts some into the spout, saying:Kanthimukhé Vighnésvaram áváhayámi :"I worship Vighnéévara at the spout (of the vessel.)"
A sthânikâr now takes the silver pot full of water and pours it into this vessel. The bhattar puts a pavitra of darbha grass on his finger, thus described:
Pavitra-vidhiḥ|| Darbha-dvayêna samklishtam dvádaśángulam ayatam || dvir-angulam tu valayam granthir ékámgulam bhavêt || chaturanguli tat puchham pavitrasya cha lakshanim||
"The rule for making Pavitra :-Two darbha grasses each of twelve finger-breadths long must be twined together. Two finger-breadths in length must be devoted to form the ring of the pavitram; one finger-breadth for the knot; four finger-breadths for the tail; this is the description of the Pavitram."
The sthânikâr brings a large flat brass tray called támbálam, with half a measure of rice, some betelnut, fruit (plantains), sandal paste, flowers, sugar, darbha grass, cocoanut and mango leaves, and sets the tray on the south of the kumbha. Pusákaváchane-péjé-elmagra-vidhik
Pátré tandula-támbula-phala-gandham cha pushpakam || gudam-darbhamra-patram cha daksha-bhagé vinikshipêt ||
"The rule for the collection of the things required for Punyahaváchana :-In the vessel rice, betel-leaf, fruit, sandal-powder, and flowers; molasses, darbha grass, and mango leaf must be placed to the right."
The bhattar sits facing the east, and the Sadhâcharya and any other Brâhmans knowing
of the vessel Brahma is to be worshipped. In the middle Vishnu must be worshipped. On the brim Rudra is to be worshipped. And on the two sides Nandi and Kila are to be worshipped."
