8 crimes is hinted at as in the Gandarva Tantra. Kaligāyatri is given कालिकायै विद्महे श्मशानवासिन्यै धीमहि तन्नो घोरी प्रचोदयात् । Kumāri - Sādhana also finds mention in this chapter. as Among all the goddesses mentioned in the Tantras Tārā, Kāli and Aniruddha-sarasvati are considered as of highest importance. Kali mantra is given as ह्रीं ह्रीं हूं हूं क्रीं क्रीं क्रीं दक्षिः णकालिके क्रीं क्रीं क्रीं हूं हूं ह्रीं ह्रीं . This mantra is said to be the chief of the mantras and has as such various applications. The well-known ten Samskāras of the mantras such as birth etc., as also the worship of the Kundalini are given at the end. CHAPTER IX Vira-sādhana forms the subject matter of this chapter. It is to be conducted strictly during the night and the amount of the muttering of the mantra varies according to the mantra. In the case of a single-syllabled mantra, muttering is to be done ten thousand times, in the case of the two-syllabled eight thousand times and so The practitioner is instructed rise above all fears in order to get success in this Sādhana. on. to CHAPTER X Latā-sādhana is given in this. It is to be performed under the trees sacred to the Tantric worshippers. Here also the dead body of a human being is to be used. CHAPTER XI In it come the other mantras associated with Tārā. ऑं ह्रीं स्त्री हूं फट् comes first. The seventeen-lettered mantra of Ugra-tārā is given as ऑं पद्मे पद्मे महापद्मे पद्मावति माये स्वाहा. The mantra of Nila-sarasvati reads as ऐं ह्रीं श्रीं हप्तौं स्हौः वद वद वाग्वादिनि क्लीं क्लीं क्लीं नीलसरस्वति ऐं ऐं ऐं काहि काहि कररीं स्वाहा. An anecdote explaining how Sarasvati has become Nilasarasvati is also given in this chapter.
