3"8 THE SANGUINARY CHAPTER, 



related to thee, O B/iairavd, who art void of fin, the 

 mode of paying adoration to the lion. 



Now attend to the particulars relative to the offering 

 of human blood. 



Let a human victim be facrificed at a place of holy 

 worfhip, or at a cemetery where dead bodies are buried. 

 Let the oblation be performed in the part of the ceme- 

 tery called Heruca, which has been already defcribed, 

 or at a temple of Camac'hya, or on a mountain. Now 

 attend to the mode. 



The cemetery reprefents me, and is called -Bhaira- 

 *0a, it has alfo a part called TantrangYi ; the cemetery 

 rnuft be divided into thefe two di virions, and a third 

 called Hence a. 



The human victim is to be immolated in the eaft 

 divilion, which is facred to Bhairava ; the head is to 

 be prefented in the fouth divilion, which is looked 

 upon as the place of fculls facred to Bhairavi, and the 

 blood is to be prefented in the weft divifion, which is 

 denominated Ileruea. 



Having immolated a human victim, with all the re- 

 quiiite ceremonies at a cemetery or holy place, let the 

 facriiicer be cautious not to call. eyes upon the victim. 



On other occafions alfo, let not the facrificer caft 

 eyes upon the victim immolated, but prefent the head 

 with eyes averted. 



The victim rnuft be a perfon of good appearance,, 

 and be prepared by ablutions, and requilite cere- 

 monies, i'ucfi as eating confecrated food the day be- 

 fore, 



