FROM THE CALICA PUR AN. 373 



by a facriiice of three men, one hundred thouland veors. 

 By human fleih, Cdmdc'hyd, CluinJica^ and BJiairava 

 who aflumes my fhape, are pleafed one thouland 

 years. An oblation of blood which has been rendered 

 pure by holy texts, is equal to ambroiia ; the head 

 and fleih alio afford much delight to the Goddefs 

 Chandlca. Let therefore the learned, when paying 

 adoration to the Goddefs, offer blood and the head, 

 and when performing tiie facrifice to lire, make obla- 

 tions of fleih. 



Let the performer of the facrifice be cautious never 

 to offer bad fleih, as the head and blood are looked 

 upon by themfelves equal to ambroiia. 



The gourd, lligar cane, fpirituous liqours, and fer- 

 mented liquors are looked upon as equivalent to other 

 offerings, and pleafe the Goddefs for the lame 

 duration of time as the facriiice of a goat. 



The performance of the facrifice, with a Chandra* 

 hafd 3 or catri (two weapons of the ax kind) is rec- 

 'koned the bell mode, and with a hatchet or knife, or 

 law, or a fangcul, the fecond bell, and the beheading 

 with a hoe a Bhalldc (an inftrument of the fpade 

 kind), the inferior mode. 

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Exclufive of thefe weapons, no others of the fpear 

 or arrow kind ought ever to be ufed in performing 

 a facrifice, as the offering is not accepted by the 

 Goddefs, and the giver of it dies. He who, with his 

 hands, tears oft* the head of the confecrated animal, 

 or bird, mall be conlidercd equally guilty with 

 him who has flain a Brahmen, and ihall undergo ereat 

 iuffe rings. 



Let not the learned ufe the ax, before thev 

 liave invoked it by holy texts which have been 

 mentioned heretofore, and framed by the learned 



for 



