Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 147 [Spread of Vrindacakra], 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 147 [Spread of Vṛndacakra]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 147:
धाम यद् भवति मुद्रया समं या च संविदनिकेतनाश्रये ।
याऽणुभावकलिता कला च तत् सर्वमम्ब तव बृन्दचक्रगम् ॥ १४७ ॥dhāma yad bhavati mudrayā samaṃ yā ca saṃvidaniketanāśraye |
yā'ṇubhāvakalitā kalā ca tat sarvamamba tava bṛndacakragam || 147 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Spread of Vṛndacakra]
Vṛndacakra [Bṛndacakra] consists[1] of the following:—
- The five Dhāmas (Śambhudhāma, Śaktidhāma etc.,)
- The various Mudrās specified in the Agamaśāstras,
- The Samvit (Citirūpā-Śakti) whose abode is Śiva,
- The Anurūpa Jīva which is Śiva’s kalā and
- The Varṇamātṛkarūpā which is Śakti’s kalā.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 85 -[Cidgaganacandrikā]-147.—
śambhudhāmādīni pañcadhāmāni yāścāgameṣu prasiddhā bahuvidhā mudrāḥ yā ca nirniketane śivatattve citirūpā saṃvit, yā ca aṇubhāvākrāntā jīvarūpā śivasya kalā, arṇabhāvākrāntā vā varṇamātṛkārūpā śektaḥ kalā, tatsarvaṃ śaktervṛndacakrāntargatamevaiti ||