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 [Śپ as Ūṇḍ]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 137:
ज्ञानमम्� शमपूर्णचित्पयोराशिलम्बिलहरी त्वमुच्यसे �
तद्विमर्शतदुपाश्रितक्रमध्वंसमूर्तिशतमूर्ध्वमण्डल� � १३� �jñānamamba śamapūrṇacitpayorāśilambilaharī tvamucyase |
ٲ屹śٲܱśٲṃsūپśٲūṇḍ || 137 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Śپ as Ūṇḍ]
Jñānarūpā Śپ is known through the Śabdādi Viṣayapañcaka [ʲñṣaⲹ?]. When she rises in wave form in the calm ocean of Ś as վś, she creates innumerable forms, which are the elements that result in the Manifestation and the Devolution. These form the Ūṇḍ[1] whose causal factor is վś.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 80-[侱岵ԲԻ-137.�
sāmprata� śamapūrṇe śivasvarūpe citpayorāśau śivāśritāyā� śekta� pariṇāmabhūta� yajjñāna� tad utpādavināśaśīlatvenānavasthitatvāllaha rītyāgamikairucyate| yastu śivasāmarasya māpannāyā� śektarvima rśākhya ādyo vikāra� sargānukūla�, yacca kramāparaparyāyasya sargasyānukūla� sargānalpatvena mūrtiśatam, yacca sargadhvaṃsānukūla� mūrtiśata� tad ūrdhvamaṇḍalāpadena tairucyate.