Kamandal

Kamandal

It is an oblong pot made of a dry gourd, coconut shell, metal or wood, usually with a handle, which sadhus or yogis carry water in. Water is used for drink or for ritual purposes. The kamandal can be used in puja as a symbol of body.

kamaṇḍal mantra

sat namo ādeś | gurujī ko ādeś | oṁ gurujī ! oṁkar, nirākār niranjan ghaṭ tatsār ! ananta ghaṭ unman man | hāḍ cām nīr kā tana palṭanta kāyā ulṭanta nīr | paḍe na piṇḍa pīvai nīr; kamaṇḍal jala ghaṭ huā nirmāṇ | amīras piyo piyo kamaṇḍal nīr | sidha sādha man huā thir | ghaṭ ghaṭ me sab sṛśṭi samāī; triveṇī saṇgam caṇdā ravi | ghaṭ piṇḍe dīpa jyotī; jatī goraśa ghaṭ ghaṭ vāsī | devī devatyā tīratha yātrā; sātha kamaṇḍal, amīras dhārā | ghaṭ kā koī jāne bheva āp hī kartā āp hī deva | itanā kamaṇḍal mantra sampūrṇa bhayā | nāthjī guru jī ko ādeś | ādeś |

The mantra from the book of Yogi Vilasnath "Shri Natha Rahasya"