Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 141 [Panca-devatakrama Srishti], 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 141 [ʲñ-𱹲 ṛṣṭi]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 141:
बीजमम्� तव पञ्चधोदितस्फारितप्रगुणदेवताक्रमः �
सिद्धिदोऽयमपरीतजृम्भणो यः प्रकाश इह सोऽन्तचक्रगः � १४� �bījamamba tava pañcadhoditasphāritapraguṇadevatākrama� |
siddhido'yamaparītajṛmbhaṇo ya� prakāśa iha so'ntacakraga� || 141 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
ٱ𱹲, which is the Śṛṣṭi of the presiding deities of the five cakras[1] viz., Brahma, վṣṇ, Rudra, Īś and ś or Ḍākī, 쾱ṇ�, 쾱ī, 쾱ī and Ś쾱ī is the result of the Śپ īᲹ—“ai� which is the resulting letter of the a-kara Ś combining with i-kara śپ-վś. This īᲹ helps attain siddhi in the form of Bhoga and Ѵǰṣa and վ. On the contrary the unattached pure lustre—Ś�, occupies the Āñ峦, the sixth one.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. (Quote in [Kramaprakāśikā] p 83)-[侱岵ԲԻ]- 141.�
aiṅkāraprañjaraśukīmupaniṣadudyānekalikalakaṇṭhīm |
āgamavipinamayūrīmahamityantarvibhāvaye gaurīm || iti |