Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 127 [Sixty-four Varna Shakti in Srishti and Samhara], English comparative study extracted from the two available commentaries—the Divyacakorika and the Kramaprakashika. The Cidgagana-candrika is an important Tantric work belonging to the Krama system of Kashmir Shaivism. Written by Kalidasa (Shrivatsa) in 312 Sanskrit verses, it deals with the knowledge regarding both the Macrocosmic and Microcosmic phenomena
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Verse 127 [Sixty-four ղṇa Śپ in ṛṣṭi and ṃh]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 127:
आदिहान्तनिजदेहनिर्गताः षष्टिरत्� चतुरुत्तरा रुचः �
खेचरीजठरनिष्ठितास्त्वया मङ्गले परमभेदतः कृता� � १२� �ādihāntanijadehanirgatā� ṣaṣṭiratra caturuttarā ruca� |
khecarījaṭharaniṣṭhitāstvayā maṅgale paramabhedata� kṛtā� || 127 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Sixty-four ղṇa Śپ in ṛṣṭi and ṃh]
Ѳṅg Śپ in her ūṣm form governs the forty-nine syllables (16 vowels and 33 consonants). She expands as sixty-four[1] rays while assuming the ٳū form in ṛṣṭi. She again deposits them in the womb of ī Śپ at the time of involution.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 76-[侱岵ԲԻ-127.�
akārādihakārāntonapañcādaśadavarṇasamudāyarūpo sūkṣamaśarīram tannirgatā sthūlā� śrotragrāhyāścaturuttarā� ṣaṣṭirvaṇālayāvasare tvayā khecarī śaktijaṭhare samāpti� prāpitā� abhedena viśiṣṭā� kṛtā� |