Essay name: Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (Study)
Author:
Artatrana Sarangi
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages
This is a study in English of the Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (written by Lolla Lakshmidhara) representing an encyclopedic manual for emperors. The Samrajyalaksmipithika encompasses about 3870 verses in addressing topics such as public festivals, governance, warfare (military strategy), and rituals associated with the Tantric worship for the deity Samrajya-Lakshmi.
Chapter 3 - General Ritual mentioned in Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika
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in war,
'0 sword, the sharp-edged-one, thou art dreadful
Do you
the killer of the heroes of the enemy.
cause death to deadly enemies and protect my master'.
'My salutations to you, O king of arrows. Thou
art the penetrator into enemy's heart. Do you destroy the
enemy and his weapons and protect my master in war'.
After saying these prayers, the priest hands over
the weapons to the king and causes his vitality tobe
increased with benedictions (23-28).
Worship of the Sami, Placement of the weapons etc :
On receiving the weapons from the priest the king
pays his respects to these and asks the priest to place
these in the Sami
carrys the weapons
palanquin (sibika)
tree and worship.
tree and worship. The priest, in turn,
to the Sami tree in a covered
and on his arrival there, places these
in the Sami tree and worships with perfume, flowers,
in-cense and lights. Also, he worships there Lak峁i
and N膩r膩ya峁嘺 and returns to the king and at his behest
recites the following verses in Sloka metre
tutelary deity (109.1-6).
before the
Whatever (good) had happened to Vainateya, the
son of Vinata, in the past while engaged in the act
of wresting ambrosia, let that be mine (today)'.
