Part 1d - Pentads of Krama system

Śrīpītha with nine Kalās is also identified with Pañcavāha, the basic pentad.

1. Primal subjective stir—Ādyaspanda^[1],
2. Extrovert subjective tendency^[2],
3. The stir of means of Perception^[3],
4. The rise of tendency in the means of knowledge to apprehend determinately,
5. (to 9).The awareness of the objective which is five-fold in accordance with the five elements^[4].

Divyaugha—[The following form the superstructure of Divyaugha]—

1. Prakāśa,
2. Ānanda1 [Ānanda?]^[5],
3. Mūrti^[6],
4. Pañcavāha and
5. Vrṇdacakra^[7]

Pañcavāha—[Primary pentad of five flows of self-emanative spiritual energy]—

1. Vyoma-vāmeśvarī,
2. Khecarī,
3. Dikcarī,
4. Gocarī and
5. Bhūcarī.^[8]

Pañcakrityas of Absolute—

1. Sṛṣṭi,
2. Sthiti,
3. Pralaya,
4. Anākhya and
5. Bhāsa.^[9].

Pañcaśakti—

1. Cit,
2. Ānanda,
3. Icchā,
4. Jñāna and
5. Kriyā^[10].

Pañcavac—

1. Parā,
2. Sūkṣmā,
3. Paśyantī,
4. Madhyamā and
5. Vaikharī.

Five groups for contemplation—

1. Śrīpīṭha,
2. Pañcavāha,
3. Netratraya^[11],
4. Vrṇdacakra and
5. Gurupaṅkti.

Five Siddhas of Vrṇdacakra—

1. Jñāna,
2. Mantra,
3. Melāpa,
4. Śākta and
5. Śāmbhava^[12].

Five Dhamas of Vrṇdacakra—

1. Kanda,
2. Nābhi,
3. Hṛt,
4. Kaṇṭha and
5. Bhrumadhya.

Pañcamudrās of Mudrā Krama—

1. Karaṅkiṇi,
2. Krodhani,
3. Bhairavi,
4. Lelihāna^[13] and
5. Khecari.

Quartic Tendency

Basic concepts of Krama are also classified in groups of four. The fifth function (Anugraha/Bhāsa) is included in the fourth viz., Tirodhāna or Anākhya. Ultimate reality here is not Bhāsa but Anākhya. The fifth power, Cit of the Absolute is subsumed under Ānanda. Division of twelve Kālis of Samvit cakra are formed by the four functions in relation to each of the Subject (Pramātṛ), object (Prameya) and means of knowledge (Pramāṇa). Vāc under this does not reckon the Sūkṣma introduced to the popular Four-fold speech^[14].

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

[Cidgaganacandrikā] Verse 43.

[2]:

Ibid. Verse 44.

[3]:

Ibid. Verse 45.

[4]:

Ibid. Verse 49-55.

[5]:

Ibid. Verse 110.

[6]:

Ibid. Verse 112.

[7]:

Ibid. Verse 124.

[8]:

Ibid. Verse 147.

[9]:

Ibid. Verse 34.

[10]:

Ibid. Verse 109.

[11]:

Ibid. Verse 149.

[12]:

Ibid. Verse 37.

[13]:

Ibid. Verse 79.

[14]:

Ibid. Verse 144.

[15]:

Ibid. Verse 121.

[16]:

Ibid. Verse 74.