Essay name: Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (Study)
Author:
Artatrana Sarangi
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages
This is a study in English of the Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (written by Lolla Lakshmidhara) representing an encyclopedic manual for emperors. The Samrajyalaksmipithika encompasses about 3870 verses in addressing topics such as public festivals, governance, warfare (military strategy), and rituals associated with the Tantric worship for the deity Samrajya-Lakshmi.
Chapter 3 - General Ritual mentioned in Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika
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This is now followed by the ritual of satisfying
the blind and the poor after which the Yaiamana dons
white robes, gardlands of white flowers, meditates on
his tutelary deity, again and again, entertains the
brahmins at a sumptuous feast and then partakes of the
food himself. This in brief is the ideal way to purge
oneself of the evils of bad-omens (21-22).
3) Oneiromancy and Pacification of bad dreams.
A. Bad dreams and gifts
A belief in the efficacy of dreams as some sont
of an indicator of the future events of man has influenced
authors, both ancient and modern, in India and elsewhere.
10 The copious literature on the subject bears ample testimony
to the lively interest in which dreams are beholden even
today.
10.
Kane's HDS Vol. V. pp.728-753 and pp 774-782
exhaustively records the Vedic and the post vedic literature
on dreams. Besides, the contribution of the modern day
scholars like Craig, Freud and Sabine are also enlisted.
Readers may still profitably learn about some of the
striking features of dream-interpretation from the works
of Jung and Adler Ume sh Mishra in his article "Dream
theory in Indian thought" (published in the journal
'Allahabad University Studies' Vol. 5 1929, pp.269-321)
brilliantly sums up the essence of views of ancient Indian
authors.
