H.INDO 
offthefe, feverally, gives the goddefs pleafure for the fame 
duration of time as their blood. Now attend to the dif¬ 
ferent fruits attending an offering of the flefli of a rhino¬ 
ceros or antelope, as alio of the fiih called rohita. 
“ The fleth of the antelope and rhinoceros pleafes the 
goddefs five hundred years ; and the rohita fiih and 
Bardhrinafa give my beloved (i. e. the goddefs Cali) de¬ 
light for three hundred years. A fpotiefs goat, who 
drinks only twice in twenty-four hours, whofe limbs are 
(lender, and who is the prime among a herd, is called a 
Bardkrinafa, and is reckoned as the belt of Havyas, (L e. 
offerings to the Deities ;) and Cavyas , (i. e. offerings to 
deceafed progenitors.) 
“ By a human facrifice, Devi is pleafed one thoufand 
years ; and by a facrifice of three men, one hundred thou¬ 
sand years. By human fleih, Camachya, Chandica, and 
Bhairava, who affume my drape, are pleafed one thoufand 
years. An oblation of blood which has been rendered 
pure by. holy texts, is equal to ambrofia ; the head and 
fiefh alfo afford much delight to the goddefs Chandica. 
Let, therefore, the learned, when paying adoration to 
the goddefs, offer blood, and the head ; and, when per¬ 
forming the facrifice to fire, make oblations of dedr. 
“ The performance of the facrifice with a chandrahafa., 
or catri, (two weapons of the axe kind,) isreckoned the 
belt mode ; and with a hatchet or knife, or faw, or a 
fangcul, the fecond bed ; and the beheading with a hoe, 
or a bhallac, (an inftrument of the fpade kind,) the infe¬ 
rior mode. 
“ Let the facrificer repeat the word Cali twice ; then 
the words Devi Bajre/wari ; then Lazvha Dandayai, Nama/i! 
which words may be rendered, ‘ Hail, Cali, Cali ! Hail, 
Devi ! goddefs of thunder; Hail, iron-fceptered goddefs !’ 
Let the facrificer then name the particular deity to whom 
the facrifice is made, and the purpofe for which it is 
performed ; and by the above text immolate the victim, 
whofe face is to be towards the north ; or elie let the fa¬ 
crificer turn his own face to the north, and the victim’s 
to the eail. The veil'd in which the blood is to be pre- 
fented, is to be, according to the circumftances of the 
offerer, of gold, filver, copper, brafs, or leaves tewed to¬ 
gether ; or of earth, or of tutenag, or of any of the fpe- 
cies of wood ufed in facrifices. Human blood muff al¬ 
ways be prefented in a metallic or earthen veil'd ; and ne¬ 
ver on any account in a veil'd made of leaves, or ftmilar 
fubftances. 
“ The offering a horfe, except at the Afwamedha facri- 
■fice, is wrong ; as alfo offering an elephant, except at 
the Gaja Madhu : let, therefore, the ruler of men obl'erve 
never to offer them except on thoi'e occafions. And-on 
no account whatfoever, let him offer them to the goddefs 
Devi, ufing the wild bull called chanrara as a lubftitute 
for the horfe, when the occafion requires one. 
“ Let not a Brahmin ever offer a lion or a tiger, or his 
own blood, or i'pirituous liquors, to the goddefs Devi. If 
a Brahmin facrifices either a lion, a tiger, or a man, he 
paffes but a ihort time in this world, attended with mi¬ 
sery and misfortune. If a Brahmin offer his own blood, 
his guilt is equal to that of the flayer of a Brahmin ; and 
if he offers i’pirituous liquors, he is no longer a Brahmin. 
“ Let not a Ciheclree offer an antelope ; if he does, he 
incurs the guilt of a Brahmin-flayer. Where the facrifice 
of lions, of tigers, or of the human fpecies, is required, 
let the firit three dalles aft thus : having formed the image 
of the lion, tiger, or human ihape, with butter, pai'te, or 
barley-meal, let them facrifice the fame as if a living vic¬ 
tim, the axe being firit: invoked by the text, Nomo, &c. 
“ When a buffalo is prefented to Devi, Bhaivaree, or 
Bhairavi, let the iacrificer ufe the following Mantra in 
invoking the victim : ‘ In the manner that thou de- 
itroyeff horfes, in the manner that thou carriei’c Chandica, 
deftroy my enemies, and bear profperity to me, O buf¬ 
falo ! O deed of death, of.exquifite and unperiihable 
form, produce me long lifsand fame. Salutation to thee, 
0 buffalo 1’ 
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“ Let him then addrefs the charga, (axe,) calling it guha 
jata, i. e. the cavern-born, and bel'prinkle it with water, 
faying, “Thou art the inftrument ufed in facrifices to the 
gods and anceftors. O axe! of equal might with the wild, 
rhinoceros, cut afunder my evils. O, cavern-born! falu- 
tation to thee again and again.” 
“ At the facrifice of an antelope, the following Mantra 
is to be ufed: “O antelope! reprefentative of Brahma, 
the emblem of his glory, thou, who art even as the four; 
vedas, and learned, grant me extenfive wifdom and cele¬ 
brity.” 
“ At the facrifice of a farabha, let the following Man¬ 
tra be ufed: “ O eight-footed animal! O lportful native 
of the Chandra Bhaga mountains ! thou eight-formed, 
long-armed, animal; thou who art called Bhairava; i'alu- 
tation to thee again and again ! Affume the terrific form 
under which thou deftroyeft the wild boar, and in the 
fame manner deftroy my enemies.” 
“ At the facrifice of a lion : “ O Heri, who, in the 
ihape of a lion, beareft Chandica, bear my evils, and avert 
my misfortunes. Thy ihape, O lion! was affumed by 
Heri, to puniih the wicked part of the human race ; and 
under that form, by truth, the tyrant Hiranya Cafipu was 
deitroyed.” 
“ Now attend to the particulars relative to the offering 
of human blood! Let a human victim be facrificed at a 
place of holy worihip, or at a cemetery where dead bodies 
are burned. Let the oblation be performed in the part 
of tlie cemetery called Heruca, or at a temple of Cama¬ 
chya, or on a mountain. The human viftim is to be im¬ 
molated in the eaft divifion, which is iacred to Bhairava: 
and the blood is to be prefented in the weft divifion, 
which is denominated Heruca. 
“ Having immolated a human viftim, with all the re- 
quifite ceremonies, at a cemetery, or holy place, let the 
facrificer be cautious not to call eyes upon the victim. 
On other occafions alfo, let not the facrificer call eyes 
upon the viftim immolated, but prefent the head with’ 
eyes averted. The victim mull be a perfon of good ap¬ 
pearance, and be prepared by ablutions, and requifite ce¬ 
remonies; i’uch as eating confecrated food the day before, 
and by abftinence from fleih and venery; and muft be 
adorned with chaplets of flowers, and befmeared with fan- 
dal-wood. Then, caufing the victim to face the north, 
let the facrificer worihip the feveral deities prefiding over 
the different parts of the victim's body; let the worihip 
be then paid to the viftim himielf by his name. 
“ Let him worihip Brahma in the viftim’s Brahma Rhan- 
dra, (i. e. cave of Brahma, cavity in the ikull, under the 
i'pot where the futura coronalis and fagittaiis meet.) Let 
him worihip the earth in his nofe, faying, * Medinyaih na- 
mah ,’ and caiting a flower ; in his ears, acaja, the fubtle 
ether, laying, ‘ Acafaya namah ;’ in his tongue, Jarvata mucha, 
(i. e. Brahma Agni, See. the regents of ipeech, &c.) fay¬ 
ing, ‘ Sarvata muchaya namah ;’ the different fpecies of light 
in his eyes, and Viihnu in his mouth. Let him worihip 
the moon on his forehead, and Indra on his right cheek, 
fire on his left cheek, death on his throat, at the tips of 
his hair the regent of the fouth-weil quarter, and Varuna 
between the eye-brows: on the bridge of the nofe let him 
pay adoration to wind, and on the ihoulders to Dhanef- 
zoara, (i. e. god cf riches ;) then worihipping the Jarpa 
rajah, (i. e. king of ferpents,) on the ftomach of the vic¬ 
tim, let him pronounce the following Mantra : 
“ O belt cf men ! O moll aqipicious! O thou who art 
an affemblage of all the deities, and molt exquifite ! b,e- 
ftow thy protedlion on me; fave me, thy devoted; fave 
my fons, my cattle, and kindred: preferve the flate, the 
minifters belonging to it, and all-friends ; and, as death is 
unavoidable, part with (thy organs of) life, doing an aft 
of benevolence. Bellow upon me, O moil aufpicious ! 
the blifs which is obtained by the moit.auftere devotion, 
by afts of charity, and performance of religious ceremo¬ 
nies : and at the fame time, O moil excellent! attain i'u- 
preme blifs thyfelf. May thy aufpices, O mplt aufpicious 1 
