"Having written the letters of the mantra, let him smite each with sandal-water,
"Uttering at each the mystic 'seed' of air.[432] This is called the 'smiting' (táḍana).
"Having written the letters of the mantra, let him strike them with oleander flowers,
"Each enumerated with a letter. This is called the 'awakening' (bodhana).
"Let the adept, according to the ritual prescribed in his own special tantra,
"Sprinkle the letters, according to their number, with leaves of the Ficus religiosa. This is the 'sprinkling' (abhisheka).
"Having meditated on the mantra in his mind, let him consume by the jyotir-mantra
"The threefold impurity of the mantra. This is the 'purification' (vimalí-karaṇa).
"The utterance of the jyotir-mantra, together with Om, and the mantras of Vyoman and Agni,
"And the sprinkling of every letter with water from a bunch of kuśa grass,