Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori

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INTRODUCTION TO TANTRA ŚĀSTRA
Svādhiṣṭ hāna Lotus baṃ, bhaṃ to laṃ; and, lastly, in
the Mūlādhāra Lotus, vaṃ, śaṃ, 1 ṣaṃ, 2 saṃ. The external
disposition then follows. The vowels in their order
with anusvāra and visarga are placed on the forehead,
face, right and left eye, right and left ear, right and left
nostril, right and left cheek, upper and lower lip, upper
and lower teeth, head, and hollow of the mouth. The consonants
kaṃ to vaṃ are placed on the base of right arm
and the elbow, wrist, base and tips of fingers, left arm,
right and left leg, right and left side, back, navel, belly,
heart, right and left shoulder, space between the shoulders
(kakuda), and then from the heart to the right palm
śaṃ is placed; and from the heart to the left palm the
(second) ṣaṃ; from the heart to the right foot, saṃ; from
the heart to the left foot, haṃ; and, lastly, from the heart
to the belly, and from the heart to the mouth, kṣaṃ. In
each case oṃ is said at the beginning and namah at the
end. According to the Tantrasāra, matṛ ka-nyāsa is also
classified into four kinds, performed with different aims
—viz: kevala where the matṛ ka is pronounced without
bindu; bindu-saṃyuta with bindu; saṃsarga with
visarga; and sobhya with visarga and bindu.
Ṛ ṣ i-nyasa then follows for the attainment of the
caturvarga. 3 The assignment of the mantra is to the
head, mouth, heart, anus, the two feet, and all the body
generally. The mantras commonly employed are: “In
the head, salutation to the Ṛ ṣi (Revealer) Brahma; 4 in
the mouth, salutation to the mantra Gāyatrī; 5 in the
1 Tālvya śa—soft, palatal sh.
2 Mūrdhanya ṣa—hard cerebral sh.
3 Dharmārtha-Kāma-mokṣaye ṛ ṣi-nyāse viniyogah.
4 Śirasi Brahmaṛ ṣaye namah.
5 Mukhe Gāyattryai-cchandase namah.