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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During night and the following morning :
Such worship
132 prescribed in the Kalpa-lore
is performed throughout the night, intermittantly
comingled with listening to the glory of the lord. Thus
the night is spent and in the morning with another round
of worship, the phallus is devotedly given away to a
brahmin with donations. The king now entertains the
destitute, the blind and the brahmins and partakes of a
vegetarian meal (Saka) with members of the royal family
and the vow is said to be concluded.
Once again, fruits
from such worship are rededicated to the
accruing from such
Lord (21-24).
Merits of Worship of Siva with sixteen upacaras
During Sivaratri, worship of Lord Siva is done
with sixteen articles of offering (Upacaras). SLP
attributes special glory to each of such offering in the
following manner.
The articles :
Offering of asana (seat) enables one to master over
a throne. By giving arghya (water for sipping) one is
132.
See ST Ch.18 which may serve as an example of
kalpa mode of worship to Lord Siva.
