nirmalya
निर्माल्य nirmālyaThe leftovers of an act of worship: the flowers, water and food already offered to a deity. In the Agamic Shaiva systems a designated figure, Chanda or Chandesha, receives them and forgives the worshipper's mistakes.
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In the Agamic Śaiva ritual systems, the leftovers of the worship, the nirmalya , are received by a figure called Chanda or Chandesha, who also forgives the worshipper his mistakes.
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The Shaiva Siddhanta has a canonical set clustering around four things: prohibitions on reviling, on the nirmalya , on food from women held impure, and on the shadow of the linga .