Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 117 [Karangini form of Shakti], 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 117 [Karaṅgiṇi form of Śakti]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 117:
अन्तरम्ब बहिरप्यमी करा ये तवाक्षतनवोऽङ्क एष यः ।
विग्रहद्वितयमप्यतः परं चिन्नभो नयसि नः करङ्किणी ॥ ११७ ॥antaramba bahirapyamī karā ye tavākṣatanavo'ṅka eṣa yaḥ |
vigrahadvitayamapyataḥ paraṃ cinnabho nayasi naḥ karaṅkiṇī || 117 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Karaṅgiṇi form of Śakti]
Karaṅgiṇi[1] is the Śakti, who facilitates the resting of the śarīratraya obtained off pañcabhūtas, in the Ultimate abode called Cidākāśa.
Śarīra-traya consists [of the following which emerge out of Śakti’s expansion as the universe]:
Sthūla śarīra is endowed with Antaḥkaraṇa and Bahiskarana indriyas totaling nine. Karaṅgiṇi leads even the other two śarīras viz., Sūkṣma-śarīra and Kāraṇa-śarīra towards the Cidākāśa.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p70-[Cidgaganacandrikā] 117.—
sthūlaśarīraṃ sūkṣamaśarīraṃ kāraṇaśarīraṃ ca cidākāśe nītvā yā viśramayati sā karaṅgiṇī nāmnī śaktiriti āgamasthitiḥ |