Chapter 7 - Philosophical aspects in Saundaryalahari

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- Manmathabija; Kṣiti i. e. La is Aindrabija; Ravi i.e. Ha is Gaganabija; Sitakirana i.e., Sa is Bhṛgubija; Smara i.e., Ka is Pancabanabija; Hamsa i.e. Ha is Śivablja; Sakra i. e. La is Ksitibija; Para i.e., Sa is Pranabija; Mara i.e., Ka is Kamabija; Hari i. e., La Ksitibija and Hrllekhas are Mayābijas. The sixteenth letter Srim is Ramābija called Citkala. The chant should be uttered fully cognising the Avasthās, Sunyas, Visuvas and Cakras which are five, six, seven and nine in number as it is explained by Bhaskar araya in Varivasyarahasya. The three kūtas in Ṣoḍaśākṣari viz. Vāgbhava, Kamaraja and Sakti kūtas have four divisions representing their aspects of Srsti, Sthiti, Samhara and Anakhyā. They are again classified into seven viz. Puta - Jnāti, Jñana, Jñeya, Samarasya; (2) Dhama i. Cakra (Agni, Surya, Soma, Brahma) ii. Natha (Mitresa, Sasthisa, Uddi sa, Ascaryananda) iii. Dasa (Jagrat, Svapna, Suṣupti, Turiya) iv. Sakti (Vama, Jyestha, Raudri, Santa or Kamesvari, Vajreśvari, Bhagamalini, Mahātripurasundari) v. Atma (Anātmā, Ātmā, Paramatma, Jnanatma); (3) Tattva Atmat attva, Śivatattva, Vidyātattva, 164 Sarvatattva (4) Pitha Kamarupa, Pūrṇagiri, Jalandhara, Uddy ana (5)
Anvaya Prāk, Dakṣiṇa, Uttara, Pascima; (6) Lingaka Svayambhu, Bana,
Itara, Para; and (7) Matrkā Para, Pasyanti, Madhyama and Vaikharĭ.
Hadividya
The chant indicated by the 33rd verse of S.L. connoting the
Hadi vidya is found in the 8th stanza of Tripuropani ṣad.
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164. V.V.R. 33, p.23.