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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Evening engagements: (Lighting of Palaces temples etc.)
In the evening, he is described to witnesses
wrestling-bouts and such other entertaining programme.
At night-break, we are informed, his entire palace is
decorated with a variety of lights and so also, many
other buildings of the capital like temples, Assembly
Halls, lawns, balconies, auditoria and rows of houses,
flanking the streets.
These decorations are done by
servants who are stated to be rewarded with perfume,
betels, clothes, etc, by the king (14-18).
Worship of Laksmi and Bali by the king :
All these candles are offered to goddess Laksmi
by the king while muttering the formula 'Srive j膩ta岣�
(RV 9.94.4). Who then keeps all his ornaments on the
throne. A gold jar, filled with water and decked with leaves,
etc. is kept on a heap of rice, wherein the king invokes
Bali, the master and meditates as under :
"Bali is conceived as having a stout and large
body decked with all ornaments. He, the beloved of Visnu
by dint of his austerities he had stolen the glory
and power of Indra. He, the gold-hued one and the
