Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 81 [Shodashasvara—Sixteen vowels], 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 81 [Ṣoḍaśasvara—Sixteen vowels]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 81:
निर्जनस्थितिलयप्रथात्मिकेऽग्रासनित्यनिरवग्रहोदयः ।
जृम्भितस्त्वदनुपाक्षदीपितो द्व्यष्टकं मनुरुमे ! तवासनम् ॥ ८१ ॥nirjanasthitilayaprathātmike'grāsanityaniravagrahodayaḥ |
jṛmbhitastvadanupākṣadīpito dvyaṣṭakaṃ manurume ! tavāsanam || 81 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Ṣoḍaśasvara, Mantrarūpa, Mātṛkarūpa]
The sixteen vowels are the seed letters which form the mantras. They are the prime cause for the creation and maintenance of the manifestation in their Śakti forms. Mātṛka Śakti[1] who is the expressed form of Śiva (a-kara) are also the cause of Sṛṣṭi, Sthiti and Laya. When they are pronounced in the upāsana they are Mantras. They rise eternally with out any obstruction to form the seat of Śakti (dvayaṣṭakam manustava āsanam).
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] [Kramaprakāśikā] p49-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-81.—
akārādayaḥ ṣoḍaśasvarā bījākṣararūpatvād manavo mantrarūpāḥ, jagatsargasthitihetutvane śaktirūpatvena ca mātṛkārūpāḥ, śaktirūpatvena ca layahetavo'pi | te cākārasyaiva jumbhāṃ (vistāram) prāpitāḥ, śāktaiśca sādhaikaḥ sādhanapaddhatisamālambanena pradīpitāḥ santo manavo mantrarūpā: | tairvarṇāntarāṇāṃ grāso na tu teṣāṃ varṇāntarairityagrāsena nityaṃ teṣāṃ niravagraha udayaḥ, tairaiva ca sargasthitilayaprathā, ta eva ca śaktirūpāḥ śaktyāsanarūpā: ca|