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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'To Brahma, the creator and pitamaha (grand father)
I now offer this handful of flowers. Let that lotus-
born-one dispel the evil effects of bad dreams'.
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'To Visnu, who is engaged in sustaining the world,
the Supreme Being and the Eternal one, I now offer
this handful of flowers. May he swiftly take away
the host of evils of my bad dreams' (20-23).
'To Rudra, the destroyer of all, who is (ferocious)
like the winds of Deluge, I now offer this handful of
flowers. Let him destroy my multitude of fear on
account of bad dreams' (23-24).
'To Indra the king of gods, the wielder of Vaira
and the destroyer of demons and monsters, I now offer this
handful of flowers. Let him today destroy the store of
sins which I have on account of bad dreams' (24-25)
'Agni who is rightly considered as the mouth of all
gods, who wields the weapon sakti and is the enjoyer
of all libation (havyabhuk) to him, I now offer this
handful of flowers, det he, the shining one (pavaka)
protect me from the fear of evil dreams' (25-26).
'Dharmaraja, who is the (dispassionate) observer of
the actions of living-beings of the three worlds, who wields
