Kriyāpāda 77 पद्माकारावाभिमुख्येन पाणी मध्येऽङ गुष्ठौ शायितौ कर्णिकावत् । पद्माख्येयं सैव संलग्नमध्या सृष्टाङ्गष्ठा बिम्बसंज्ञा तु मुद्रा || प्राग्वत् पाण्योर्लग्नयोरङ्गुलीना मग्रेऽङ्गुष्ठोच्चालनान्निष्ठुरा स्यात् । बद्ध्वामुर्ष्टिं दक्षिणामास्फुरन्त्यौ मुक्त्वा तर्जामध्यमे गोवृषाड्या ।। अन्योन्यग्रथितसमाङ्गुलीकपाण्योस्तजग्रिद्ववयसमवेतमध्यमाग्रे व्यत्यस्तेऽप्यथ तदनामिकाकनिष्ठायुक्ताग्रे भवति हि धेनुसंज्ञमुद्रा || । बध्वा दक्षिणहस्तेन मुष्टि मुत्सृष्टतर्जनीम् । तत्तर्जन्या वामतलताडनात् त्रासनी भवेत् ॥ To these six Mudras four more are added for the worship of S.va. They are : Mahāmudrā āvāhanamudrā (also called Sthāpani) Sannidhāpani and Vandani. There is only a slight difference between Nisthurā and Sannidhāpani. A few more poses for the propitiation of Siva are enumerated as Kālakarni, Vestitalinga ( which is identified with Dhenumudrā) and Pañcamukhi According to a different conception five poses of fingers are given. They are called Sakti, Sula, Dravya, Samhārinī and Kşamāpāni. (8) This section deals with various types of sacrificial pits for offering oblations and Tantric diagrams of various colours and sizes. The sacrilicial pit is to be dug in the ground to kindles the.. sacred fire in which oblations are to be offered. Eight types of pits are enumerated depending on their shape, The size can be fixed accordingly. The varieties given are as follows: कुण्डं प्रशस्तं चतुरश्रमादावश्वत्थपत्रं च तथार्धचन्द्रम् | तद्वत् त्रिकोणं त्वपि वर्तुलं स्यात् षट्कोणकं पद्ममथाष्टकोणम् ॥ It can be of the shape of Caturaśra-square, Aśvatthapatra like a leaf of the fig tree, Ardhacandra-cresent-shaped, Trikona- triangular Vartula-circular, Sajkonaka hexangular, Padama-like a lotus flower, and Aştakoņa octagon. The standard measurements for each type are given. But a bigger.size also is permitted provided the propor- tions are kept accordingly. Descriptions of some of these sacrificial altars may be noted here. The one called Aśvatthapatra is defined as follows: श्रुत्येकांशं तु सीम्नोबंहिरपि पुरतोऽथाङ्खयित्वाम्बुनाथे तम्मानात् सूत्रमन्तर्निहित मुभयतः कोणयोर्वर्तयित्वा ।
