Cidgaganacandrika (study)

by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words

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Summary: English study of the Cidgaganacandrika: an important Tantric work belonging to the Krama system of Kashmir Shaivism authored by Shrivatsa (Kalidasa). The Cidgagana-Candrika represents a commentary on the Kramastuti by Siddhanatha and is presented in the form of an eulogy of Parashakti. In four chapters (vimarshas) this book deals with the knowledge regarding both the Macrocosmic and Microcosmic phenomena; while it contains a total of 312 Sanskrit verses verses.

This study includes an introduction and background of the Cidgaganacandrika and also includes English translations/gleanings from the two available commentaries: The Divyacakorika and the Kramaprakashika. Other titles include: Cidgaganacandrikā (चिद्गगनचन्द्रिका), Cidgagana-candrikā (चिद्गगन-चन्द्रिका), Chidgaganachandrika, Chidgagana-chandrika

Notes:
1: This is not a direct tranlsation.
2: Confer with source document to validate the Sanskrit text in the notes.

Source: shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in

Contents of this online book ( + / - )

The full text of the Cidgaganacandrika (study) in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

Introduction to the Cidgaganacandrikā

+ Chapter 1 - First Vimarśa

. Verse 1 [Invocation to Lord Gaṇeśa]

. Verse 2 [Invocation to Śiva]

. Verse 3 [Purpose of the Work]

. Verse 4 [Fruit of Upāsana]

. Verse 5 [Non-difference Between Upāsaka and Upāsana]

. Verse 6 [Śiva and Śakti are Divine parents]

. Verse 7 [Rudra is Manthāna Bhairava]

. Verse 8 [The true nature of the dual-deity the Kāla-Kāli]

. Verse 9 [Meditation on the line of Spiritual preceptors]

. Verse 10 [The inseparable form of Śiva-Śakti]

. Verse 11 [Ambikā, the aggregate form of Pañca Śakti]

. Verse 12 [Ambika is Kilāsa]

. Verse 13 [The nature of Cit—the form-less state]

. Verse 14 [Sat, Cit and Ānanda—(Truth, Knowledge and Bliss)]

. Verse 15 [External Manifestations of Bhavāni]

. Verse 16 [State of Ambā as the three Guṇās and their Impact]

. Verse 17 [The visible form of Ambā as Fire, Water and Earth]

. Verse 18 [Ambā the Supreme wealth behind Īśvara]

. Verse 19 [Ambā in Dual and non-dual aspect]

. Verse 20 [Ambā as Caṇḍi transcends Sāṅkhya and Yoga]

. Verse 21 [Moon the motif of creation and destruction]

. Verse 22 [Nine Māṇas (measure of Time)]

+ Chapter 2 - Second Vimarśa

. Verse 23 [The Naure of ever-liberated soul]

. Verse 24 [Kāli the Kinetic and Śivakāla the Potential]

. Verse 25 [Prayer to dispel the Āṇavamala]

. Verse 26 [Misconception removed]

. Verse 27 [Kāli realised as one in all dual creations]

. Verse 28 [The State of Śivā in Cidākāśa]

. Verse 29 [Īśvari leads Siddhā and Sādhaka to Cidākāśa]

. Verse 30 [Spoken word incapable of revealing Parāmbā]

. Verse 31 [Place of Parāvāk]

. Verse 32 [Revelation of Īśvara]

. Verse 33 [Forms of Manifestation]

. Verse 34 [Fivefold creation]

. Verse 35 [Trinkets of Kāli’s anklets]

. Verse 36 [Power group of Śakti (Śaktivṛnda)]

. Verse 37 [Bindu and Visarga]

. Verse 38 [Śakti emanates as Varṇa]

. Verse 39 [Nine-fold Nāda]

. Verse 40-41 [Soma, Sūrya and Agni Maṇḍalas]

. Verse 42 [Nāda, the cause of creation and plurality]

. Verse 43 [Udyama and Mahodaya]

. Verse 44 [Transformation of Vyomeśvari]

. Verse 45 [Gocarī—the external body]

. Verse 46 [Śakti and Kula-Dharma]

. Verse 47 [Īśvara and Jīva Bhāvas]

. Verse 48 [Siddhās and Śaktis]

. Verse 49 [Śakti’s effulgence causes creations and forms]

. Verse 50 [Ambā the Perennial source of power Nāda in the Cidguhā]

. Verse 51 [Perinial fountain of powers]

. Verse 52 [World reflects in the mirror of Buddhi]

. Verse 53 [Ṣaḍadhvātīta and Bheda Bhāva]

. Verse 54 [Negated world]

. Verse 55 [Śakti’s Dual role]

. Verse 56 [Ambā, the Lustre of that lustrous Īśvara]

. Verse 57-58 [Ambā’s form of existence as Caitanya]

. Verse 59 [Merger of all powers in Ambā]

. Verse 60 [Ambā reveals Iśvara as knower and the known etc.]

. Verse 61 [Macrocosmic form of Ambā]

. Verse 62 [Āṇava visarga]

. Verse 63 [Eight-fold path]

. Verse 64 [Jīva, Aham and Idam]

. Verse 65 [Jīva is Rājā]

. Verse 66 [Mūrti, Prakāśa and Ānanda Cakras]

. Verse 67 [Bhogya-vigraha]

. Verse 68 [Kāla-gati]

. Verse 69 [Agni Mūrti]

. Verse 70 [Pralayāgni]

. Verse 71 [Turīya-pāda]

. Verse 72 [Turīya-Pāda, state beyond and above existence]

. Verse 73 [Guru Parampara, Pūjā and Mudrās]

. Verse 74 [Śakti Prabhāva]

+ Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa

. Verse 75 [Eternal Śiva in Nirbījasamādhi]

. Verse 76 [Ādya-spandharūpa-Śaktipītha]

. Verse 77 [Sphurattā Śaktirūpa Mūlaprakṛti]

. Verse 78 [Pīṭhacakra in Savikalpaka and Nirvikalpaka Samādhi]

. Verse 79 [Varṇaśaktirūpa-Bījarūpa]

. Verse 80 [Revelation in accordance with the type of worship]

. Verse 81 [Ṣoḍaśasvara—Sixteen vowels]

. Verse 82 [Śakti-śmaśāna in Savikalpaka and Nirvikalpaka Samādhis]

. Verse 83 [Ādyā Vimarśa Śakti is Kṣetrapāla]

. Verse 84 [Gurukrama]

. Verse 85 [Śakti’s grace causes Sṛṣṭi and Sthiti of Jagat]

. Verse 86 [Pañcavāhamaya-Manas Attains Nirniketapada]

. Verse 87 [Śakterādya, Parināma, Prānā]

. Verse 88 [Viśvalayarūpa Samādhi]

. Verse 89 [Rāva (Nāda) emerges from Śūnyadhāma by dynamism of Śakti]

. Verse 90-94 [Śakti’s Pañcavāha-tanu (Pañcaśloka-kulaka)]

. Verse 95 [Parāśakti as Kālakarṣiṇī in Cakrapañcaka]

. Verse 96 [Praṇava produced by Cakrapañcaka in Kuṇḍalinī]

. Verse 97 [Piṇḍamantra]

. Verse 98 [Śakti’s Adhyātmā Gurupaṅkti]

. Verse 99 [Śakti’s expansion as Adhibhūta]

. Verse 100 [Muṇḍakrama and Daṇḍakrama]

. Verse 101 [Nāda’s path]

. Verse 102 [Śakti’s forms in Śṛṣṭi, Sthiti and Saṃhāra]

. Verse 103 [Divyaugha Janani]

. Verse 104 [Khecarī Śakti in Kramasṛṣṭi]

. Verse 105 [Bhūcarī in Akramasṛṣṭi]

. Verse 106 [Dikcarī as Saṃhārakarta]

. Verse 107 [Gocarī as cause of Saṃhārakrama]

. Verse 108 [Khecarī as Sphuraṇa-Śakti]

. Verse 109 [Khecarī rules over Dikcarī in Sṛṣṭi]

. Verse 110 [Bhūcarī governs Ānandacakra]

. Verse 111 [Dikcarī illumines the Bindu leading Bhūcarī also towards Laya]

. Verse 112 [Dikcarī proceeds to the Parāvac, the abode of even the Bindu]

. Verse 113 [The form and process of reaching the Parāvāc]

. Verse 114 [Saṃhārakāli-stuti as Sasvara Ambara Adhiṣṭātri]

. Verse 115 [Ambara Dvaya-rūpa of Śakti]

. Verse 116 [Śakti is abode of Sasvara and Asvara Ambaras]

. Verse 117 [Karaṅgiṇi form of Śakti]

. Verse 118 [Kāli in the Form of Krodhani]

. Verse 119 [Raudrarūpa Krodhani]

. Verse 120 [Sarga Saṃhāradaśa Bhairavi]

. Verse 121 [Jagadbīja-vāsanā consumption by Lelihānā]

. Verse 122 [Citrūpa-prakāśiṇi Khecarī]

. Verse 123 [Khecarī attains Śambhupada through Suṣumnā-nāḍi]

. Verse 124 [Vṛnda-krama and Mudrāpañcaka]

. Verse 125 [Kādi-Hādi mata mantrarūpa Śakti]

. Verse 126 [Cidambaragatā Śakti’s four forms in Gross body]

. Verse 127 [Sixty-four Varṇa Śakti in Sṛṣṭi and Saṃhāra]

. Verse 128-129 [Raudryādi Kalā, Śāmbhavya, Samvitkrama]

. Verse 130 [Citiśakti is one with retinue of countless Śaktis]

. Verse 131 [Citiśakti’s perpetuity in the four mental states]

. Verse 132 [Two types of delibration of the Puruṣa]

. Verse 133 [Savikalpaka Vimarśa is Samvitkramarūpa]

. Verse 134 [Union of Śiva and Śakti in the Aggregate form—Viśvamelini]

. Verse 135 [Śakti in Nirvikalpaka state shines as Jñāna in the abode of Śiva]

. Verse 136 [In Cidgagana, Śakti merges in Prakāśa form of Cit (Śiva)]

. Verse 137 [Śakti as Ūrdhvamaṇḍala]

. Verse 138 [Vimarśa reflects Prakāśa of Cit as Upādānakāraṇa]

. Verse 139 [Vargapañcaka forms seed for pañcāśat varṇas]

. Verse 140 [Ṣaṭcakra Mānasa Sthiti]

. Verse 141 [Pañca-devatākrama Sṛṣṭi]

. Verse 142-143 [Vyomavāmesvaryādi Pañcavāha Śaktis]

. Verse 144 [Śakti as source of Pañcavāha Śaktis]

. Verse 145 [Nirantaracidambarātmika Śakti]

. Verse 146 [Pañcaśaktis dwell in Śaktitattva in causal form]

. Verse 147 [Spread of Vṛndacakra]

. Verse 148 [Samvitrūpa Śiva and Vimarśa project Īśvara—Śiva’s form]

. Verse 149 [Śakti ॐ Kārarūpa, Pañcayonirūpa]

. Verse 150 [Kali’s Saṃhārakartṛtva; and Jagat-sargakārya]

. Verse 151 [Sṛṣṭilakṣaṇā in Sakrama]

. Verse 152 [Śivaśaktisāmarasyamūrti Akrama Yoni]

. Verse 153 [Viśva Sarga Sthiti Saṃhāra Kartṛtva Yonitraya]

. Verse 154 [Kramaśūnya Saṃhāra Avasthā is inherent nature of Śakti]

. Verse 155 [Pañcabhūtas by means of Pañcīkaraṇa hold Sṛṣṭi-maṇḍala]

. Verse 156 [Oneness of Śiva and Śakti is Pralaya; Dvaitarūpa is Sarga]

. Verse 157 [Svaracatuṣṭaya governs Jagatkrama]

. Verse 158 [Prāṇā Haṃsa is Prathamaspanda]

. Verse 159 [Śakti In Śuddhādhva]

. Verse 160 [Śakti’s abode tranforms Sheep stronger than Elephant]

. Verse 161 [Mind’s activities aim to attain the Ultimate abode]

. Verse 162 [Vimarśaśakti’S Desire Causes Sṛṣṭikrama And Layakrama]

. Verse 163 [Śivaśakti’s Avabhāsanakrama]

. Verse 164 [Ekādaśa-varṇa]

. Verse 165 [Khaṇḍacakra Vivarana Saṃhṛtikrama]

. Verse 166 [Sthitikrama Viśeṣa]

. Verse 167 [Cidrupa Laya]

. Verse 168 [Kālakarṣiṇī Svarūpa]

. Verse 169 [Śivaikya-sākṣātkāra]

. Verse 170 [Vidvadanubhava-siddha Sāmarasya]

. Verse 171 [Antarbahis Sthitacakra]

. Verse 172 [Mūlatattva]

. Verse 173 [Kāli as creator of Parā-aparābheda]

. Verse 174 [Four Speech waves (Tanu, Krama, Udyoga and Mukhya)]

. Verse 175 [Sṛṣṭikāli’s Dvādaśakrama Cidūrmi]

. Verse 176 [Krama-Akrama Caused By The Divine Couple]

. Verse 177 [Śakti causes Bhairavatva in Śiva in monist Śaiva doctrine]

. Verse 178 [Śakti unfolds Krama through Mūrticakra]

. Verse 179 [Śakti as Śabdatattva in the form of Praṇava]

+ Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa

. Verse 180 [Jñāna arising of Sattva releases bond of Saṃsāra]

. Verse 181 [Śakti’s worship helps transcend bond of Ṣaḍadhvā]

. Verse 182 [Yogic experience of Cidrūpā shining in Self and Manifestation]

. Verse 183 [Cidānandamayī Śakti enfolds the projection in one’s Self]

. Forms of Praṇava

. Verse 184 [Eligibility for attainment of release from Saṃsāra]

. Verse 185 [Śakti’s domination as Absolute]

. Verse 186 [Praise of worship of Śakti by Mantra, Yantra and Tantras]

. Verse 187 [Vimarśa’s abode]

. Verse 188-189 [Reflection without an external object]

. Verse 190 [Śakti projects reflection of Jagat on Herself, acting as wall]

. Verse 191 [Necessity of external object for reflection disproved]

. Verse 192 [Reflection of Self as in the mirror is Sṛṣṭi]

. Verse 193 [Śakti as Māyā projects the limitations in manifestation]

. Verse 194 [Prāṇicakra of Śiva is preserved in the cave of Śakti’s heart]

. Verse 195 [Bimba and Pratibimba]

. Verse 196-200 [Reflection by Śakti in Ardhabindu, a cup-shaped mirror]

. Verse 201-202 [Kalpanā-Dhāraṇā-Kālidevata Tattvas]

. Verse 203 [Examples of Hayagriva and Kṛṣṇa]

. Verse 204 [Akṣara form of Śakti shines in Cidākāśa]

. Verse 205 [Deities in charge of various territories]

. Verse 206 [Dṛk, Smṛti and Āpohana]

. Verse 207 [Experience of Īśvara]

. Verse 208-210 [Śakti shines as Anubhava and Smṛti]

. Verse 211 [Rising and setting of Dṛk and Smṛti]

. Verse 212 [Saṃhāra, Nigraha and Anugraha]

. Verse 213 [Status of Jīva in Śṛṣṭi and Sthiti]

. Verse 214 [Bhoga and Mokṣa]

. Verse 215-216 [Knowledge of Prakāśa Bindu is ultimate]

. Verse 217-218 [Omnipresence of Śakti’s shine in everything]

. Verse 219 [Kālana meaning and sense]

. Verse 220 [Wonder of dual (Bright and Dark) forms of Kāli]

. Verse 221 [Kāli’s Ultimate form is beyond imagination]

. Verse 222-223 [Śakti as Wave in the Ocean of Prakāśa Śiva]

. Verse 224 [Śakti in Mahat state is Bliss]

. Verse 225-226 [Sṛṣṭi Kāli’s form]

. Verse 227-228 [Sahasrāra and shower of Somarasa]

. Verse 229 [Unmanī Śakti—Paratattvarūpā]

. Verse 230 [Śāstras call Śakti as Avyapadeśya, Anāmaka, Anākhya etc.]

. Verse 231-234 [Smṛti Śakti and Nityasiddhā]

. Verse 235 [Yama is the consecrated King]

. Verse 236-239 [Bhadrakāli, Rudrakāli and Kālakāli]

. Verse 240 [Kāli consumes Agni, who emerges from Sūrya]

. Verse 241-242 [Sūrya enjoys Bliss with grace of Śakti]

. Verse 243-244 [Sṛṣṭi Krama is the best of the Kalās]

. Verse 245 [Yamakāli]

. Verse 246 [Kālāgnirudrakāli]

. Verse 247-253 [Twelve Śaktis]

. Verse 254-256 [Śakti as Nādarūpā]

. Verse 257 [Prakāśa-Vimarśa couple cause Nama-rūpā in manifestation]

. Verse 258-259 [Śuddhavidyā liberates Śiva from limitations imposed by Māyāśakti]

. Verse 260 [Human body is Śakti’s]

. Verse 261 [Śakti shines as Prakāśa-Ānanda]

. Verse 262 [Kāli’s greatness revealed]

. Verse 263-265 [Sādhakas surrender at Śakti’s feet]

. Verse 266-268 [Fruitful living is Sāktayāga]

. Verse 269 [Svātantryaśakti’s supremacy in Sṛṣṭi and Saṃhāra]

. Verse 270 [Śakti’s presence as Light and Darkness]

. Verse 271 [Meditation upon Śiva-Śakti is goal of Jīvana-yatra]

. Verse 272 [Kālidāsa’s Cidgaganacandrikā is for getting the grace of Kāli]

. Verse 273-278 [Śakti as the Supreme principle]

. Verse 279 [Śakti’s three forms—Saumya, Gora and Śānta]

. Verse 280 [Śakti’s brilliance dissipates the cosmic group]

. Verse 281 [Citsvarūpā is beyond all triads]

. Verse 282 [Citi Śakti is kinetic element of Cit]

. Verse 283 [Svapna, Turīya, Suṣupti and Turīyātīta]

. Verse 284 [Progressive transcendence of the mental states by Sādhaka]

. Verse 285 [Śakti—Sākāra and Nirākāra]

. Verse 286 [Śāktopāsanā only leads to revelation of Cidānanda Śakti]

. Verse 287 [Pure devotion and surrender at Śakti’s feet yield results]

. Verse 288 [Clearance of confusions in perceptions of other doctrines]

. Verse 289 [Thirty-six Tattvas and the Seven Pramātās]

. Verse 290 [Devas assist Śakti in her pentad functions]

. Verse 291 [Eternal ascent of Śakti’s Pentad functions]

. Verse 292 [Sṛṣṭi krama consists of thirty five elements of Śakti]

. Verse 293 [Eternal operation of Saṃhārakrama by Śakti]

. Verse 294 [Śakti not only shines in Rasmicakra but also as Bliss]

. Verse 295 [Mantrādhvā—haṃsaḥ-so'ham]

. Verse 296 [Cidgagana as source of Krama and Akrama]

. Verse 297 [Trika principle of Nara-Śakti-Śiva]

. Verse 298 [Cakranavaka]

. Verse 299 [Nara-Śakti-Śiva in Śakti’s empire]

. Verse 300 [Śambhava-Śākta-Guru kramas]

. Verse 301 [Śakti shines in Krama but she rests always in Akrama]

. Verse 302 [Bhāvanā of Manomayi Śakti]

. Verse 303 [Tivra Śaktipāta]

. Verse 304 [Śāktakrama in Cidgaganacandrikā]

. Verse 305 [Offering Cidgaganacandrikā to Kāli by the author]

. Verse 306 [Significance of Kramadarśana]

. Verse 307 [Cidgaganacandrikā for the benefit of all Sādhakas]

. Verse 308-309 [Fruitfulness of Cidgaganacandrikā]

. Verse 310 [Daily recital and Meditation]

. Verse 311 [Discussion of only two aspects in Cidgaganacandrikā]

. Verse 312 [Kālidasa’s Cidgaganacandrikā benefits entire mankind]

+ Philosophy of Kashmir Tantric System

. Part 1 - Origin of Tantric system

. Part 2 - Emergence of Śaiva philosophy

. Part 3 - Significant concepts of Kashmir Saivism

. Part 4 - Nine-fold grace of Śiva

. Part 5 - Three Malas (impurities)

. Part 5 - Three Upayas (means to enter universal God consciousness)

. Part 6 - Ṣaḍadhvā (six ways in the process of creation)

. Part 7 - Mātṛkacakra and the reflection of the universe

. Part 8 - Śiva tattvas and Śakti tattvas

. Part 9 - Pratyāhāra (annexure)

. Part 10 - Three kinds of Visargas (flows)

. Part 11 - Vākcatuṣṭaya (four forms of speech)

. Part 12 - Uniqueness of reflection (pratibimba)

. Part 13 - Thirty-six Tattvas (elements) of Śaivism

. Part 14 - Macrocosmic and Microcosmic body

. Part 15 - Fifteen states formed by Jāgrat, Svapna, Suṣupti and Turīya

. Part 16 - Seven States of the Seven Perceivers (Pramātā or Pramātṛ)

+ Krama system and Trika school

. Part 1a - Krama system (Introduction)

. Part 1b - Śāktopāya (spiritual progression)

. Part 1c - Tantric character of Krama

. Part 1d - Pentads of Krama system

. Part 1e - Prakāśa and Vimarśa aspects of reality

. Part 2a - Trika Philosophy (Introduction)

. Part 3 - Philosophical aspects of Kashmir Śaivism

. Part 4 - Anuttara—The Supreme

. Part 5 - Svātantrya—Self-created free will

. Part 6 - Spanda system—Vibration/movement of consciousness

. Part 7 - Śaktipāta—Conferring of spiritual energy

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