Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 137 [Shakti as Urdhvamandala], 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 137 [Śakti as Ūrdhvamaṇḍala]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 137:
ज्ञानमम्ब शमपूर्णचित्पयोराशिलम्बिलहरी त्वमुच्यसे ।
तद्विमर्शतदुपाश्रितक्रमध्वंसमूर्तिशतमूर्ध्वमण्डला ॥ १३७ ॥jñānamamba śamapūrṇacitpayorāśilambilaharī tvamucyase |
tadvimarśatadupāśritakramadhvaṃsamūrtiśatamūrdhvamaṇḍalā || 137 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Śakti as Ūrdhvamaṇḍala]
Jñānarūpā Śakti is known through the Śabdādi Viṣayapañcaka [Pañcaviṣaya?]. When she rises in wave form in the calm ocean of Śiva as Vimarśa, she creates innumerable forms, which are the elements that result in the Manifestation and the Devolution. These form the Ūrdhvamaṇḍala[1] whose causal factor is Vimarśa.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 80-[Cidgaganacandrikā]-137.—
sāmprataṃ śamapūrṇe śivasvarūpe citpayorāśau śivāśritāyāḥ śektaḥ pariṇāmabhūtaṃ yajjñānaṃ tad utpādavināśaśīlatvenānavasthitatvāllaha rītyāgamikairucyate| yastu śivasāmarasya māpannāyāḥ śektarvima rśākhya ādyo vikāraḥ sargānukūlaḥ, yacca kramāparaparyāyasya sargasyānukūlaṃ sargānalpatvena mūrtiśatam, yacca sargadhvaṃsānukūlaṃ mūrtiśataṃ tad ūrdhvamaṇḍalāpadena tairucyate.