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included instructions about the attainment of the elemental worlds
by concentration. 1 The continued transmission of this material
indicates a strong traditional association between the elements and
these meditations. Given the widespread accounts of elemental
meditations, K峁�emar膩ja岣�, accordingly, proceeds to supplement the
elliptical directives of Svacchandatantram with extracts from the
P奴rva艣膩stram, which contains an extensive treatment of these
practices. 2
The powers obtained by the elemental meditations roughly
correspond to the properties of these elements. Thus, by
meditating on earth, for example, the adept becomes invulnerable
and unshakable. This correlation putatively gives, accordingly to
K峁�emar膩ja岣�, a coherent structure to this book, in which the first
half describes the lower planes from the perspective of their
manifest attributes, and the second part the meditation to acquire
these planes and their properties. 3 Conforming at the outset to this
structure, the first verse in this section which describes the
meditation on earth echoes the opening verse which described the
properties of earth: "earth, under its form of hardness
(办补迟丑颈苍补谤奴辫别峁嘺)
"4
1 V. bk. 10: p.327, for earth; p.330, for water; p.357 for fire;
p.363, for air; p.365, for ether.
2 The 艣rip奴rva艣膩stram is another name for the
M膩liniviyayottaratantram, one of the scriptures most highly
esteerned by the non-dual Saivas. The treatment of concentrations
covers the twelth to the sixteenth book.
3 V. his commentary, p.35: 鈥渁dhuna ucc膩ra峁嚹乨ikrame峁嘺
tattatsiddhyartham s膩k峁Ｄ乼k膩ryametatk膩ryatattvasvar奴pam
sth奴lad峁浥沘 pradar艣ya s奴k峁�mad峁浥沘 parad峁浥沘 ca 膩tm膩艣ray膩峁噄
niyaty膩disamast膩ni 艣uddhavidy膩di艣iv膩nt膩ni ca siddhyarthameva
tattv盲ntaradhy膩n膩ni dar艣ayannupakramate.
鈽�
4 V. p.2, vs. 3a: "p峁泃hvi ka峁環inar奴pe峁嘺, "and p.36, vs. 83b:
"prthvim kathinar奴pe峁嘺. "