Chapter Five

	Verse	Page
Procedure of the Preliminaries (Pūrvaraṅga-vidhi)	(1-212)	(497-586)
The question of the Sages	1	497
Definition of the Preliminaries	6	501
Its components	8	504
Origin of the External Song (Bahirgīta)	11	507
Pratyāhāra }
Avataraṇa }	17	509
Ārambha }
Āśrāvaṇā }	18	511
Vakrapāṇi }
Parighaṭṭanā }	19	513
Saṅkhoṭanā }
Mārgāsāritam }	20	514
Āsāritas }
Gītakam }	21	515
Utthāpanam (The Rousing)	22	520
Parivartanam (The Turning)	23	521
Nāndī (The Benediction)	24	”
Śuṣkāvakṛṣṭā	25	522
Raṅgadvāra (The Door of the Stage)	26	524
Cārī }
Mahācārī }	27	”
Trigatam (The Three-fold Talk)	28	525
Prarocanā (The Induction)	29	”
Origin of Nirgīta and its purpose	30	527
The components as satisfiers of the Daityas	38-45	530
/ Bahirgīta; satisfaction of the gods	43	533
The Preliminaries—Pure—Rectangular	55	537
The Utthāpanī Dhruvā	58	539
The Parivartas (Cycles)	61	540
The Parivartanī Dhruvā	89	552
Entrance of the Caturthakāra	100	554
The Avakṛṣṭā Dhruvā	103	556
Nāndī	106	557