Rites of the God-King by Marko Geslani

Author:Marko Geslani
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

This invocation initiates a complex ritual sequence, which the text describes as a pūjā, beginning on the following morning (steps 4–9). A maṇḍala representation of the entire earth is constructed, divided into individual compartments for various gods. The description of this maṇḍala names the deities earlier invited to the ritual:

Having drawn a circle on that spot he should there fashion the earth, abounding in various mines of jewels, and then fashion the different places. The purohita should set down, each in its own place, the Nāgas, Yakṣas, Suras, Pitṛs, Gandharvas, Apsarases, Munis and Siddhas; the Planets, all of the Nakṣatras, and the Rudras along with the Mātṛs; Skanda, Viṣṇu, Viśākha, and the Lokapālas and wives of the Suras. Having made (i.e. fashioned) [them] with various colored [powders] which are pleasing and fragrant, the wise [purohita] should worship (pūjayet) with perfumes, garlands, unguents, and with various edible foods, [such as] vegetables, roots and meat, and with various pleasing drinks such as wine, milk and liquor.74

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