Principle of Shakti in Kashmir Shaivism (Study)
by Nirmala V. | 2016 | 65,229 words
This page relates 鈥楿payas and Siddhis in Devipancashatika鈥� of the thesis dealing with the evolution and role of Shakti鈥攖he feminine principle鈥攚ithin the religious and philosophical framework of Kashmir Shaivism. Tantrism represents an ancient Indian spiritual system with Shakti traditionally holding a prominent role. This study examines four major sub-streams: Kula, Krama, Spanda, and Pratyabhijn膩.
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Part 1.2 - 鲍辫腻测补蝉 and Siddhis in 顿别惫墨pa帽ca艣atik膩
[Full title: (1) De-Shaktisation through interpolations (2) 鲍辫腻测补蝉 and Siddhis in 顿别惫墨-辫补帽肠补艣补迟颈办腻闭
顿别惫墨pa帽c膩艣atik膩 is one of the earliest 艢腻办迟补 (Kula) texts of Kashmir 艢补颈惫颈蝉尘. Presently available version of the text is the edition by Mark Dyckskowzki who made it using three manuscripts from National Archives, Kathmandu. There is a reference to the three means (耻辫腻测补s) of liberation in the introductory portion of the text.
Bhairava asks 顿别惫墨 to reveal all the three 耻辫腻测补s which are 艣腻苍迟补, ghora and 驳奴岣峢补 in nature, respectively known as 艣腻尘产丑补惫补, 艣膩kta and 腻峁嘺惫补:
啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶む 啶樴啶班 啶むぅ啶� 啶椸啶⑧ 啶多ぞ啶啶さ啶� 啶多ぞ啶曕啶むぎ啶距ぃ啶掂ぎ啷� 啷�
啶ㄠた啶班え啷嵿い啶班 啶す啶距う啷囙さ啶� 啶啶班啶熰啶曕啶班 啶啶班さ啶� 啷�
啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶氞啶涏う啷嵿く啶さ啶苦ざ啷嵿さ啶距じ啷� 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶椸ぐ啷嵿さ啷� 啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶い啷� 啷�
啶掂た啶多啶掂ぞ啶膏 啶侧き啷嵿く啶む 啶啶� 啶むう啷佮お啶距く啶� 啶掂う啶膏啶� 啶 啷�艣腻苍迟补峁� 驳丑辞谤补峁� 迟补迟丑腻 驳奴岣峢补峁� 艣腻尘产丑补惫补峁� 艣膩ktam腻峁嘺惫补m |
苍颈谤补苍迟补谤补峁� mah膩devi praka峁玨uru bhairavi ||
yatra cchadyamavi艣v膩so yatra garvau na vidyate |
惫颈艣惫腻蝉补峁� labhyate yena tad耻辫腻测补峁� vadasva me ||[1]
The concept of 耻辫腻测补 is technically used by the monistic 艢aivites as the means which leads the practitioner towards the supreme reality, 笔补谤补尘补艣颈惫补. As speculated by Abhinavagupta, 耻辫腻测补s are three fold viz., 艣腻尘产丑补惫补, 艣膩kta and 腻峁嘺惫补, but the Supreme may also be attained through no means (an耻辫腻测补). An耻辫腻测补 is the means for the superior Yogins who has had a highest fall of power. 顿别惫墨pa帽c膩艣atik膩 not only speaks about the three common means, but also denotes the exclusive concept of an耻辫腻测补 in its the seventeenth verse. Thus it is clear that these portions are interpolated with an aim to spread over the 艢补颈惫补-orientation.
Besides, 顿别惫墨pa帽c膩艣atik膩 refers to the hierarchical levels of siddhi as uttama, madhyama and adhama[2]. Such type of classification is also of a later age, when the ritualistic traditions especially the esoteric nature were its essence. It completely deviates from earliest Kaula concepts of siddhi. Such a conventional classification of triad is logically inadequate in this situation.
Moreover the aforesaid portions which are viewed as interpolations are seen in the first two chapters of 顿别惫墨pa帽c膩艣atik膩 and hence it could be assumed that the authentic portions of the text starts from the third and ends with the fifteenth.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
顿别惫墨pa帽c膩艣atik膩, I. 16-17.
[2]:
顿别惫墨pa帽c膩艣atik膩, I. 21-22.