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Ci blood of my body ; and wilt thou deign to accept 

 Ci it, and be propitious towards me." 



Let the following text be ufed, when a perfon pre- 

 fents his own fiefh : 



cc Grant me, O Goddefs ! blifs, in proportion to 

 " the fervency with which I prefent thee with my own 

 " flefh, invoking thee to be propitious to me. Salu- 

 " tation to thee again and again, under the myiierious 

 (e fyllables hoong hoong." 



When the wick of a lamp is applied burning to the 

 body, the following text is to be ufed : 



" Hail ! Goddefs! Salutation to thee, under the 

 <c fyllables, hong hong. To thee I prefent this au- 

 u fpicious luminary, fed with the flelh or my body, 

 " enlightening all around, and expofing to light alio. 

 <c the inward receffes of my foul." 



On the autumnal Meha Navami, or when the moon 

 is in the lunar maniion Scanda or Bijhaca, let. a figure 

 be made, either of barley meal or earth, reprefenting 

 the perfon with whom the facrificer is at variance, 

 and the head of the figure be ftruck off; after the 

 ufual texts have been ufed, the following text is to be 

 ufed in invoking an ax on the occalion : 



" Effufe, effufe blood ; be tern tick, be terrifick ; 

 cc feize, deftroy, for the love of Ambica. the head of 

 this enemy." 



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Having ftruck off the. head, let him prefent 

 it, ufing the texts laid down hereafter for the 



occafion, 



