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 4 - King and his Paraphernalia
30 (of 91)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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'Thou shine with some of thy rays that are
bright and piercing, O heralder of the day, thou cause
showers of rain with some others and with still others
thou protect (the beings) by providing them with (drinking)
water. Thus, is really justified the multifacetedness
of thy lustre (@itrabhanuta)'.
'As it is thy wont to charitably bestow profuse
wealth on the devotees, (methink) thine vasu (golden rays)
also multiply in a thousand ways.'
'Dost thou daily rise in the eastern horizon,
thinking that thou art all disposed for causing prosperity
unto thy devotees too' (6-12).
Obeisance :
Thus praying in still different ways, he recites
a few hymns addressed to sun-god from the Vedas while
keeping his folded hands on his head. After saying his
prayers, he pays his obeisance while prostrating on the
floor like a stick, all eight limbs of his body touching
10 the ground (Sastanga) and thus, is concluded his worship
to the sun-god (13-15).
10.
Performed with eight limbs or a reverential
prostration of the body so as to touch the ground with
the hands, breast, fore-head, knees and feet (SED.
p.1212).
