Essay name: Svacchandatantra (history and structure)
Author: William James Arraj
The essay represents a study and partial English translation of the Svacchandatantra and its commentary, 鈥淯ddyota鈥�, by Kshemaraja. The text, attributed to the deity Svacchanda-bhairava, has various names and demonstrates a complex history of transmission through diverse manuscript traditions in North India, Nepal, and beyond.
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his thumb./44/
I.e., the right [thumb]
Next,
The knower of formul忙 should rotate the flower, from the
left, reciting the Svaccanda岣� [formula] with the name of
that one, whom he quickly attracts. /45/
From the left, i.e., on the right side. Here, as well, the procedure
is: Attract N.N.
He states the procedure for the dismissing of the attracted:
After having rotated from the right, once more, there is the
dismissing of that one.
From the right, i.e., on the left side; i.e., rotating this
a艣vam膩ra岣� flower, he peforms the dismissing of the one enjoined
according to the procedure of the adept. [Let this commentary be]
auspicious.
Let the supreme Svacchanda岣� Bhairava岣�, revealing multiple
miracles through the supreme power of autonomy, [and] bestowing
grace, triumph.
