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dilrva, turmeric, milk, curds, clarified butter, the five leaves {jpippalcif 
Jchadira, apdmdrga, udumhara and paldsa), the earth from seven places 
(where cows, elephants, white-ants live), the five gems,* coins and articles 
of dress with appropriate mantras. Then Varuna is invoked and the water, 
&c., in the halasa is stirred whilst these verses are recited in honour of 
the vessel:—‘ Vishnu dwells in thy mouth, Rudra in thy neck and in 
thy bottom Brahma : in thy midst dwell the company of the Matris : 
within thee are the seven oceans, seven islands, the four Vedas and the 
Vedangas. Thou wert produced at the churning of the ocean and re¬ 
ceived by Vishnu, thy waters contain all places of pilgrimage, all the 
gods dwell in thee, all created things stand through thee and come to 
thee. Thou art Sdva, Vishnu and Prajapati, the sun, Vasu, Rudra; all 
the deities and all the Maruts exist through thee. Thou makest works 
fructuous and through thy favour I perform this ceremony. Accept my 
oblations, be favourable to my undertaking and remain now and ever 
with me.’ Then the vessel is worshipped with praise and prayer to the 
same intent. Rext the arglia-stJidpana, prdndydma and dedication as in 
the previous ceremonies take place, and again the kalasa is declared to be 
the abode of all the gods to whom the invitation, &c., as in the previous 
ceremony are given, viz. :—to Brahma, Varuna, Aditya, Soma, Bhauma, 
Buddha, Vrihaspati, S ukra, S'anaischara, Rahu, Ketu, Adhidevatas, Pra- 
tyadhidevatas, Indra, the ten Dikpalas and the five Lokapalas. Then 
follows the waving of a lamp, offering of flowers and gifts with a dedi¬ 
cation as before. 
BaJisJidvidhdna .—The ceremony of raJcshdvidlidna, commonly known 
as raJcsJidhandt, is seldom carried out in its entirety except by the wealthy. 
It consists in binding as an amulet a bracelet of thread on the right wrist, 
and the rite commences with making a mixture of barley, ^^tiu-grass, 
dw6-grass, mustard, sandal or red sandars, rice, cow-dung and curds, 
which is offered on a brazen platter to the bracelet forming its pratisJithd. 
Then the person about to put on the bracelet invokes the presence of 
various deities to protect him from evil and says :—“ To the east let 
Govinda protect me ; to the south-east, Garuradhvaj; to the south, Va- 
raha ; to the south-west Rara Simha ; to the west Kesava ; to the north¬ 
west Madhusiidana ; to the north S'ridhara, and to the north-east Gada- 
dhara, above let Govardhana protect me ; below, Dharanidhara and in the 
ten quarters of the world Vasudeva who is known as Janardana. Let the 
conch protect me in front and the lotus behind ; on the left, the club and 
on the right, the discus. Let Upendra protect my Brahman and Vishnu 
in his dwarf incarnation protect my A chary a ; let Achyuta protect the 
* Gold, diamond, sapphire, ruby and pearl ; but it may easily be supposed that 
these are seldom given. 
