On the imagery of the Gaṇapati mentioned in the krama of tripurA and shArikA

The Ucchiṣṭagaṇapati mentioned in the first lines is also mentioned with an identical mantra in the Buddhist sādhanāmāla,albeit just as Gaṇapati. His description from that compliation of sādhanās runs(in rather ungrammatical Sanskrit) thus: bhagavantaṃ gaṇapatiṃ raktavarṇaṃ jaṭāmukuṭakirīṭīnaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaṃ dvādaśabhujaṃ lambodaraikavadanaṃ ūrdhvaparyankatāṇḍavaṃ trinetramapyekadantaṃ savyabhujeṣu kuṭhāra-śara-aṅkuśa-vajra-khaṭvaṅga-śūlaṃ ca vāmabhujeṣu mūṣala-cāpa-khaṭvāṅga-asṛk-kapāla-śuṣka-māṃsakapālaphaṭkaṃ ca raktapadme mūṣikopari sthitamiti. No mention of any distinct rites are there in the sādhanā,only just japa.

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