to Nandaji- question on hands and other Chandi matters

[Guest guest]

Dear Nanda,

 

there are a few Chandi matters which I hope you can clear up for me:

 

yesterday I was looking through some of last year's posts and found one

in which you explain how we use the namaste mudra when bowing to the

lineage of guru's. I also found we use the upasanghara mudra when

reciting the Rigvedoktam Devi Suktam. I was wondering: are there any

more specific mudra's we should use when reciting the Chandi? And what

do you do in general with your hands when reciting (when you fold them

in your lap you easily touch the feet which is not done, I suppose)?

Are there any rules?

 

so far, I have not tied the piece of string around the middle finger or

wrist (thought I'd better not complicate things too much). But: how are

you supposed to do it? (I guess the instructions 'using the knees as a

frame' I found on the website are not applicable here?). And do you

keep it on after you've finished? Any particular colour?

 

Last year's post also specified that we purify mouth and hands with the

mantra's beginning with 'om kesavaya' end ending with 'om vishnuh'. Do

we sip water, as in the Shiva puja, with 'om vishnuh' only or also with

the other mantra's?

 

thank you, Lieve Nanda, for your time and consideration,

 

veel liefs,

Henny