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Cidgaganacandrika (study)

by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words

Cidgaganacandrika 205 [Deities in charge of various territories], 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 205 [Deities in charge of various territories]

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 205:

देशकालमवभासि यादृशं यत्तयाऽनुभवितुर्विभेदिनः �
तत्तया सकलमीक्ष्यत� स्मृतौ मत्कृतस्मृतिमवेक्षते क्षणम् � २०� �

deśakālamavabhāsi yādṛśa� yattayā'nubhaviturvibhedina� |
tattayā sakalamīkṣyate smṛtau matkṛtasmṛtimavekṣate kṣaṇam || 205 ||

Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:

[Deities—In charge of various territories have 侱ś as their abode]

Agni, ūⲹ, Candra, Lightning, Brilliance and Devas, Gandharvas, ۲ṣa,etc., (those who move in Āś), Śپ who reside in the ṛdⲹ, the predators of living beings, Powerful Śپ, all these are capable of moving about inside and outside the 侱ś. Though they reside in their territories, still they are as whole taken to be residing in the 侱ś.[1] Ś and ī both have the function of sense and action. Ś of his own “will� takes the form of ī (侱Գٰū and Ծٲū).

Notes and Sanskrit references:

[1] Cf. [Īśvarapratyabhijñā] 1/1/13-[Kramaprakāśikā] p138 [侱岵ԲԻ] 205.�

 29. “athānubhavavidhvaṃse smṛtistadavarodhinī� (iti) ||

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