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Dakshind-sa'nJcalpa. —Next comes the gift of money as an honor- 
arinm to the celebrant with the formula as in the first sankalpa and the 
usual definition of place, time, name, caste, &c., of the person who causes 
the ceremony to he performed and that it is for the sake of Granesa. 
The celebrant in return on the part of Granesa, asperses his client and 
places flowers, rice, &c., on his head, concluding with the mantra :— Om 
gandndm tvd ganapati gvam havdmahe priydndm tvd priyapati gvam 
havdmahe., &c., as before. The Khasiya very considerably abridges these 
observances but he knows Ganesa (the Ganapati of the Dakhin) and rever¬ 
ences him and Ganesa is clearly a non-Brahmanical deity and. is honoured 
as a follower of S'iva by the Pasupatas from a very early period. 
Mdtri-pujd. —The ritual for the Mdtri-pujd comes into use after the 
service for Ganesa and usually forms a part of the preface to any other 
ceremony. The celebrant takes a plank and cleans it with rice-flour and 
then draws sixteen figures representing the Mdtris and to the right of 
them a figure of Ganesa. Then in the upper right-hand corner the 
sun is represented as in the QanQioi-pujd and in the upper left-hand 
corner the moon by a number of lines intersecting a central point and 
having their extremities connected by a series of semi-circles. The 
celebrant then makes a brush from five or six stalks of dz^&-grass and 
Ganadfsa (lord of the celestial hosts). The following is a rough translation of the 
address :— 
1. Whosoever shall worship thee under these twelve names and even whoso¬ 
ever shall attend and hear them read shall certainly prosper in this world. 
2. Whosoever shall repeat these twelve names on the day of marriage or on the 
birth of a child, or on proceeding on a journey or on going to battle or in 
sickness or on entering a new house or business shall be freed from the 
effects of evil. 
3. 0 Yakratunda, 0 Mahakaya, resplendent like a thousand suns, prosper my 
work always, everywhere. 
4. 0 thou of the great body and short in stature, whose head is like that of 
an elephant. Thy breath like nectar attracts the insects hovering in the 
ether to thy lips. Thou art able with one blow of thy tusk to destroy the 
enemies of thy suppliants. Thou that art the adopted son of Devi hast 
Vermillion on thy brow and art ever liberal. Thou art such, 0 Ganesa, 
that I bow to thee, the beautiful one of a yellow complexion and three¬ 
eyed. 
5. Presenting this lamp I wave it before thee. Thou, 0 Lambodara, who art the 
ruler of the universe, the adopted son of Parvati, aid me. 
G. All men worship thee and adore thy feet; thou that livest on sweets, and 
art borne on a rat and whose abode is magnificent, aid me. 
7. Thou that bestoweth wealth and accomplisheth the desires of thy worship¬ 
pers, aid me. 
8. Thou wieldest the trident and hast ever been merciful to me. Most assuredly 
all who worship thee shall obtain every happiness. 
