4

Subject	Page
The eight mothers; Statement on the fruits of chanting	103
Brahmi ghee for achieving poetic skill	104
Fruits of consecration	,,
* Differences in pure and other placements	105
Procedure for savior placement	106
Procedure for placement of Kesava and others	107
Meditation on the half-female Lord (Ardhanārīśvara)	,,
Procedure for the Prapancha sacrifice	,,
Placement of the seven planets	108
Five mantras therein	109
* Placement of the nine planets	,,
Meaning of Prapancha sacrifice mantras	,,
Nature and pervasiveness of five mantras beginning with Tara	110
Etymology of the word Svaha	,,
Meaning of the Supreme Soul mantra	,,
Meaning of the power-seed and eye mantras	111
Sequence of Prapancha sacrifice placement	,,
Method of fire sacrifice	113
Determination of eligibility for chanting	,,
Statement of fruits for ten types of placement	115
Prapancha sacrifice as a cause for worldly enjoyment and liberation	,,
Sacrificial materials	,,
Method of sacrifice	116
Fruits of wearing the sectarian mark	117

Eighth Chapter

Subject	Page
Chapter on Prāṇāgnihotra fire sacrifice of the vital breath
Method of Prānagnihotra	118
Letter-sacrifice in five pits	,,

Subject	Page
Nine-planet sacrifice with mantra extraction	119
Sacrifice with element mantras; Extraction of element mantras	,,
Description of the nature of Hamsa	120
Eligibility for Prānagnihotra at mealtime	,,
* Sequence of Prānagnihotra	,,
Fruits of sacrifice	123
Ten-syllable Saraswati mantra	,,
Meditation; Preparatory rites and worship procedures	124
Other mantras	125
Meditation; Preparatory rites and worship procedures	,,
Hymn to the Goddess of Speech (Vāgdevī)	126

Ninth Chapter

Subject	Page
Chapter on Tripura
Etymology of the word Tripura	128
Tripura mantra	,,
Differences in placement	129
* Placement of the seven sandals and others	130
Meditation	131
Preparatory rites and worship procedures	132
Piercing breath control (Prāṇāyāma)	,,
Nine-womb diagram (Yantra)	133
The eight mothers and Bhairavas	134
Sequence for achieving the word-source (Vāgbhava)	,,
Rules for chanting and their fruits	135
Achievement of Kamaraja and others	137

Tenth Chapter

Subject	Page
Chapter on Bhuvaneshvari
Bhuvaneshvari mantra	138