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sacrificial cake is partly burnt, the burnt portion should be
given away to the sacrificer's enemies, apparently with a desire
that she may seize the enemy, and draw her attention away from the
sacrificer's rites. If a brahmacarin during the period of his
studenthood approaches a woman for sexual enjoyment, it is assumed
that he broke his vow under the ill influence of Nirrti. Therefore
she should be appeased.PO S 3,12.8 enjoins that on a new-moon day,
the student should sacrifice an ass at the crossroads to Nirrti
and offer a mess of cooked rice to her.
She is frequently related to the inauspicious. The Mula
constellation which is very inauspicious seems to be connected
with Nirkti.
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49 In the SGS, Jyestha Alaksmi is referred to as a goddess
who is variously described as Jyestha (elder), Kapilapatni
(Kapila's wife), Kumbhi (pitcher), Jy膩y膩 (elder), Hasti-
mukh膩 (elephant faced), Vighnap盲r峁�ad膩, and Nirrti. Now,
the emphasis on being elder is significant. She is
older than Lakami, an Aryan goddess of corn and prosperity.
In the Lakami Puja, even in present-day Bengal, a rough
ready image of Alaksmi is fashioned out of cow-dung
or clay and is chased away by a small winnowing fan before
the proper rites for Laksmi begin. Jyeatha is the southern
counterpart of the northern Sitala (goddess of the smallpox).
Syesth膩 Alaksmi or Mirrti, is described by the manual of
iconography Suprabhed膩gama as having a crow-ensign, seated
on an ass, the wife of Kali and is to be two-armed, long-
-nosed, with sagging lips, long and pendulous breasts and
e Sankh GS 1.26.17.