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mahApratisarA

The emanation of pratya~NgirA who may be specifically combined with R^ikShakarNi and karNamoTini

is chaturmukhA mahApratisarA. Her incantation may be used to tie a charm on the body. She may also

be invoked as emerging from pratya~NgirA and combined with the latters mantras in certain rites.

mahApratisarA prayoga vidhi

He shall first worship vinAyaka meditating on him embracing his shaktI madanAvatI

oM sarva vighnAnutsAraya huM phaT svAhA ||

He shall take water in his water pot with:

oM vajrodake huM phaT ||

He shall wash his feet with the formula:

oM hrIM svAhA ||

He shall sip water (Achamana X 3) with:

oM hrIM suvishuddhadharma sarvapApAni shAmyAsheSha vikalpAnapanaya svAhA ||

He shall knot a strand of hair with the formula:

oM manidhari vajriNi shikhariNi sarva vashamkariNi kaM huM phaT svAhA ||

He shall sprinkle water in the ritual area with hand or using a tuft of darbha grass with the formula:

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oM rakSha rakSha hUM phaT svAhA ||

[If he is not doing this immediately after a bath he should necessarily do the pApa puruShavidhi]

Then nyAsA shall be performed thus:

oM mahApratisarAyai a~NguShThAbhyAM namaH /

oM tAriNyai tarjanIbhyAM namaH /

oM vajrodakAyaI madhyamAbhyAM namaH /

oM ugratArAyaI anAmikAbhyAM namaH /

oM ekajaTAyai kaniShThikAbhyAM namaH /

oM pi~NgograikajaTAyai karatalakarapR^iShThAbhyAM namaH /

oM mahApratisarAyai hR^idayAya namaH /

oM tAriNyai shirase svAhA /

oM vajrodakAyaI shikhAyai vaShaT /

oM ugratArAyaI kavachAya huM /

oM ekajaTAyai netratrayAya vauShaT /

oM pi~NgograikajaTAyai astrAya phaT /

The yantra shall be inscribed using black lamp dye on a square white cloth about two completely

extended spans in lengths. The four circles of the yantra termed:

mahAmantrAnudhAraNi, mahAsasrapramardhani, mahAmantrAnutsArini and ShaShTI will be daubed

with yellow turmeric. The circle termed mahApratisarA will be daubed with red kumkuma and in its

center huM phaT will be written.

Once the yantra is ready the yoni mudra will be shown before it.

Then arghya is offered 3X with:

hrIM maNidhari vajriNi mahApratisare idaM arghyaM svAhA ||

He shall meditate upon mahApratisarA emerging from the third eye of pratya~NgirA. She will be

mediated as having 4 heads with the front head being golden in color, the side heads red in color and

the back head blue in color. She has firm breasts and is raimented in a coppery hued garment. Each of

her heads bears a third eye. She bears in her eight arms the weapons: chakra, pAsha, khaDga, trishUla,

vajra, iShu, dhanuH and parashu. She is seated in perfect padmAsana

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