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| Subject | Page |
|---|---|
| ## Seventeenth Chapter | |
| Section on Mahāgaṇapati | |
| Mahāgaṇapati mantra | 208 |
| Rishyadinyasa and others | " |
| Meditation; Method of worship | 209 |
| Preparatory rites and others | 210 |
| Names of the powers | 211 |
| Seat mantra (Āsana); Types of water libations (Tarpaṇa) | " |
| Duties of a king desiring elephants | 213 |
| Types of fire sacrifice | " |
| Earth seed syllable for immobilization (Stambhana) | 214 |
| Other mantras | " |
| Meditation; Preparatory rites and others | " |
| Mind-pacifying mantra; Rishyadinyasa and others | 216 |
| Meditation; Preparatory rites and others | " |
| * Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī | " |
| Method of water libation | 217 |
| ## Eighteenth Chapter | |
| Section on the God of Love (Manmatha) | |
| Manmatha mantra; Rishyadinyasa and others | 218 |
| Meditation; Preparatory rites and others | " |
| Names of the powers; Manmatha Yantra | " |
| Gāyatrī; String-mantra (Mālāmantra) | 219 |
| Rules of Love (Madana) | 220 |
| Meditation; Enclosure deities of the power and others | " |
| Practical Yantra; Fire sacrifice and others | 221 |
| Eighteen-syllable Krishna mantra | 222 |
| Meditation; Preparatory rites and others | " |
| Subject | Page |
|---|---|
| Differences in meditation according to morning, noon, etc. | 222 |
| Worship procedures and others | 223 |
| ## Nineteenth Chapter | |
| Section on the Praṇava the syllable Om | |
| Praṇava mantra for liberation | 224 |
| Meditation on Vishnu; Preparatory rites and others | 225 |
| The four manifestations; Names of the powers | " |
| Characteristics of yoga | 226 |
| Definitions of restraint (Yama) and observances (Niyama) | " |
| * Characteristics of Lotus (Padmāsana), Benevolent (Bhadrāsana), and Thunderbolt (Vajrāsana) postures | " |
| Alternative views on breath control (Prāṇāyāma) | 227 |
| Method of unified placement (Sakalīkaraṇa) | " |
| Realization in the retention of fifty measures | " |
| * Heroic posture (Vīrāsana) | " |
| Methods of drying, burning, etc. | 228 |
| Rules regarding state, location, etc., in yoga practice | " |
| Meditation on the Praṇava situated in the middle of the Suṣumṇā central energy channel | " |
| Placement of the names of Praṇava | 229 |
| Argument for Praṇava being the source of the Vedas | " |
| * Sequence of placement; Names of Praṇava | " |
| Yoga primarily for liberation | 230 |
| Types of yoga as a means to liberation | " |
| Differences in the states of yogis | 231 |
| Definition of the five states, beginning with wakefulness | " |
| Yoga to be performed during mantra chanting (Japa) | 232 |
| Sequence of yoga | " |
| States indicative of yogic success | 233 |