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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PART I 145 Pacification, Consecration, Coronation and Pilgrimage
Introduction
In SLP we come across a number of rituals that
are not connected with goddess SL or her worship but
are mentioned worthy to be performed by a king. Such
rituals, as covered under this category, are separately
dealt in this Chapter to help preserve their identity
in contrast to those pertaining to goddess SL.
This Chapter proposes to deal with all such
rituals in two parts. Part-I comprises of the
pacificatory rituals performed by the king to get rid
of various malefic, influences, caused by appearance
of utpatas, apasakunas and when haunted by bad dreams.
Then follow consecratory rituals like inauguration of
a new palace, throne and others, connected with royal
coronation of different sorts. Other topics like the
royal pilgrimage and a number of miscellaneous formulae,
utilised by the king in the performance of iapa and homa
in honour of different god-heads during various
exigencies like, when he wants to quell fears of
numerous description, when he intends to wrest victory
in war, etc. are dealt here.
Part-II
deals with a number of obligatory religious
performances in the shape of Vratas and utsavas which
