Cidgaganacandrika (study)

by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words

Hinduism Shaivism

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This page relates ‘Third Vimarsha’ of the English study of the Cidgaganacandrika: an important Tantric work belonging to the Krama system of Kashmir Shaivism. Written by Kalidasa (Shrivatsa) in 312 Sanskrit verses, the Cidgagana-Candrika deals with the knowledge regarding both the Macrocosmic and Microcosmic phenomena. This study includes renditions from the two available commentaries—the Divyacakorika and the Kramaprakashika

This book contains Sanskrit text which you should never take for granted as transcription mistakes are always possible. Always confer with the final source and/or manuscript.

Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa

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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]

Last Updated: 20 July, 2021

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