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empire is its deity, Oin is its seed and svāhā is its power. One should mutter this formula for one lac times and then perform an offering. Then one should feed Brahmaņas (Patala 3). A golden or silver diagram of this deity should be prepared. If one worship the deity of wealth of empire in this form, one's all the sins and calamities will be removed and evil beings run away from him (Patala 4). In order to get a large quantity of wealth one should perform the following rite. Near a temple, or on the bank of a river, or near a cowstall or in the courtyard, a pendal measuring eight hands should be erected. It should be adorned with mirrors etc. There should be. jars full of water at its entrance. There should be a pit of the size of a leaf of holy fig tree for the sake of fire. In the eastern part of the pendal, there should be the altar measuring one hand. The fire-pit and the altar should be besmeared with cow-dung and adorned with colour-powder. Flowers, fruits, etc. should be kept ready. The sacrificer should take a bath, apply a mark on his forehead, and perform the punyāhavacana. Then he should get the diagram purified with Pañcag ivya and establish it with Tāntric and Vedic formulas. Then the principal deity should be worshipped and offering of food should be made. Fire should be enkindled and an offering should be made in the fire. This diagram should then be given to a Brähmaņa along with some other gifts. Similarly, money should be given to poor and helpless people. Two hundred and fifty or five hundred Brāhmaṇas then should be fed. This rite is helpful for getting wealth (Patala 7). In order to get long life, one should offer dūrvă-grass besmeared with honey, into fire. For the sake of removing the sins, one should offer sesams bes neared with honey into fire. Similarly offerings of ghee of cow are to be made for the sake of increasing one's strength, of leaves of mango-tree, soaked in milk, for the sake of curing one of fever, of new flowers of Palāśa-tree for the sake of securing one's intelligence, of milk of cow for the sake of increasing cows, and of faggots of Bibhitaka-tree for the sake of destroying one's enemy (Patala 8).
A great worship of the Sānrājyalakşmi should be made when there appear some phenomena e.g. when many people die, when there are no rains, when an enemy attacks upon the country, when deities laugh. dance, or move, when an earth-quake occurs, when trees are blossemed without the proper seasons, when rain-bows appear at night, when stars appear during the day-time, when forest-animals run in cities, when there appears to be a hole in the sun, when there is a shower of stone, blood or dust, or when white crons appear. All those who either speak, or listen to or think of or show them are equally affected by the bad consequences of the phenomena. When there are these phenomena, the king suffers or is transplaced. Therefore, it is essential that the king should perform a great worship of the Samrajyalakşmi (Patala 10). For the sake of this great
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