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194-195-196 Let him keep his folded hands before the tip of the pose, having washed (the body) in a lonely place on a clean piece of ground, having assumed a posture called Paliyanka on a seat and having stationed the sight on the tip of the nose. Think of the bright half on the left hand and of the dark half on the right as well as fifteen days on the joints of the fingers. Imagine on them the letter H.
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.............One should know that fortnight through the excellent method of collyrium.
198 That is the date (of his death) which is indicated by the joint on which the letter H, appearing black, falls. This is so said in the description of the Rişta through letter.
199 Having dressed himself with white garments etc., having himeslf washed his own body and having taken milk, let him sleep on the ground observing celibacy.
200 Let him sleep on the bed which is in the form of a white sheet of cloth, having thought in his mind about the work and having (first) muttered, hundred and eight times, the (following) mantra (designated as) Suggïva: Om namo bhagavade suggīvassa paņhasavanassa kamale kamale vimale vimale vipule vipule udara devi satyam kathaya satyam kathaya itimiti pulindini svāhā. 201-202 Then at the time of dawn, aften an hour and twelve minutes have passed, mutter as said by the excellent amongst saints twenty-one times the mantra styled Suggiva having first uttered for twenty-four minutes the mantra called Parametthi.
203 On a clean piece of ground and on a board let three straight lines be drawn without a stop.
204-205 Thus eight horizontal lines are to be obtained intercrossed by eight vertical lines. Put the first line from the left to the right having noted the first, the middle and the last. There are eight Ayas e.g. a Dhayāya, Dhūmāya Sihaya, Sāṇāya, Visaya, Kharaya, Gayāya, and Vayasaya.
206 How can a Rukkhaya (?) on a Sihaya or a Visaya be considered auspicious? There is no doubt that it is (to be considered) auspicious, if it is found on others,
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