76 Isänsivagurudevapaddhati The Pranava is considered as Mülamantra which represents Sabda- brahma. The fifty consonants are identified with the limbs of goddess Sakti. She is considered as Lipidevatā whose form is to be meditated upon by the Sādhaka. मूलमन्त्रो विनिर्दिष्टो ब्रह्मभिः स्वाङ्गसंयुतः | अकारश्चाप्युकारोऽथ मकारो बिन्दुनादवान् || नाराख्यः प्रणवोह्येष शब्दब्रह्मात्मको मतः । पञ्चाशद्वर्णरूपा या मातृका परमेश्वरी ॥ The conception of Lipidevatā is as follows: मुद्रार्थस्फटिकाक्ष सूत्र कलशांश्चाबिभ्रती पुस्तकं । हस्तैर्दक्षिणपूर्वकं स्त्रिणयना शुक्लस्रगालेपना | कुन्दाभाक्षरविग्रहा शशिकलां मौलौ प्रसन्नानना धत्ते या लिपिदेवताम्बुजगता मुक्ताभरालङ् कृता ॥ It is stated that Certain words are to be suffixed to Mantras ending in dative cases. Such words are listed as follows: नमः स्वाहा वषट् चाथ हुं वौषट् फट् च जातयः । चतुभ्यंन्ताङ्गमन्त्राणामन्ते योज्या यथाक्रमम् ॥ Other words that are suffixed to Mantras include: vidmahe, dhimahi, pracodayāt etc. These words are to be used appropriately depending on the Mantra. They should not be arbitrarily used by the Sādhaka. (7) This section deals with Mudrās which are certain ceremo- nial poses of hands employing symbolic positions of fingers. In Saivāgamas the essentiality of the poses is stressed for performing worship. For the worship of the sun six poses are suggested while in the worship of Śiva ten or more poses of fingers are enumerated. वक्ष्ये मुद्राः शैवतन्त्रप्रसिद्धा याभिः पूजाकर्मसिद्धिः प्रदिष्टा । सूर्यस्यादौ षड् विशेषेण पश्चात् शम्भोर्मु ख्याः स्युर्दशान्याश्चवेद्याः || The poses for sun worship are enumerated as six. They are : Padma, Bimba, Nisthurā, Govrsa, Dhenu and Trāsanī. There are only slight variations between different poses. The following stanzas prescribe the six poses mentioned above..
