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[ 32 ] [ 32 ] characters, and residing in all the petals of the lotuses whether 2, 16, 30, 6 or 4 petalled, situated at the anus, penis, abdomen, heart, palate, and forehead, at the tail, in the hairs, with those typified by, , , and , and , and (in) the vocal organ(22).

To the anus Vam namah, Sam namah, Sham namah, Sam namah; to the organ Vam namah, Bham namah, Mam namah, Lam namah; to the navel, Dam namah, Dham namah, Nam namah, Tam namah, Tham namah, Dam namah, Dham namah, Nam namah, Pam namah, Pham namah; to the heart Kam namah, Kham namah, Gam namah, Gham namah, Nam namah, Cham namah, Chham namah, Jam namah, Jham namah, Nam namah, Tam namah, Tham namah; to the throat Am namah, Am namah, Im namah, Im namah, Um namah, Um namah, Rm namah, Rm namah, Lm namah, Em namah, Aim namah, Om namah, Aum namah, Am namah, Ab namah; to the forehead, Hom namah, Ksham namah.

.—Om obeisance to Durga in the thumbs, Om Svaha to Durga in the forefingers, Om Vashat to Durga in the middle fingers, Om Hum to Durga the protectress of the elements in the ring fingers, Om Vashat to Durga the saviour in danger in the