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mantras, is stuck into the bundle. The bundle is then anointed with 

 various cosmetics and aromatic drugs and oils, and is placed by the 

 side of the idols.* The several plants are then separate^ invoked, 

 and the goddesses presiding over each, are worshipped. Brahmani 

 is the goddess of the Musa paradisaica. K-il ka of the Col 

 antiquorum, Durga of the C / cuma longa, Kartiki of Sesbania ( 

 tiaca, Siva of 2Egh marmelos, Raktadantika of Punica gran 

 Sokarahita of Jonesia asoka, Chamunda of Culocasia indica, and 

 Lakshmi of Orijza sativa. 



The following are the mantras for worshipping them : 



s^fw ^nN *nfcrf ^ ?IW[^ ^ n 

 * With the following mantras the nine plant! are anointed with water. 



^tttst^ ^far *r wv ^fa izi w n 



^rf ^t^^f^^if* *t^t f^rsnj^grr: i 



ogf tttstt ^ttt* ir^j *?r*nTta: ITT^r: I 



