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[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Obeisance to Śiva accompanied by Ambā, his sons and the Gaṇas, obe…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-3. O blessed brahmins, the question has been well put by you. The k…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O goddess, listen. I shall explain what you have asked for. Merely…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O goddess, after this I shall mention the daily routine during the…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-2. The ground shall be tested duly on the basis of smell, colour an…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-4. The ascetic shall spread a beautiful tiger’s hide to the south o…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-6. The ascetic devotee shall make the square diagram to his left an…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O goddess, there are five Āvaraṇas here. The five Āvaraṇa -worship…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-2. The following eight names indicate Śiva —Śiva, Maheśvara, Rudra,…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. When Sūta had left, the wondering sages thought and spoke to one a…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-2. O Sūta, O blessed Sūta, you are our excellent preceptor. We ask …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Well done, well done, O fortunate Vāmadeva, O great sage, you are …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Then at midday he shall take bath. With the mind fully controlled …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-2. O Kārttikeya, the nectarine ocean of perfect knowledge, son of Ś…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Henceforth I shall explain, O good-faced lady, the mode of creatio…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. On hearing this truthful purport enunciated, by the preceptor the …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-2. You have mentioned before that the Puruṣa is placed beneath the …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. On hearing that extremely wonderful secret, the essence of the Ved…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] Now the great statements: perfect knowledge is Brahman; I am Brahman;…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O sage Vāmadeva I shall now explain the rules of hair-cutting and …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-2. There are no crematory rites for the liberated ascetics. I have …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O sage, out of affection for you I shall explain the rite for asce…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1-2. He shall get up early in the morning on the twelfth day, take hi…