Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 288 [Clearance of confusions in perceptions of other doctrines], 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 288 [Clearance of confusions in perceptions of other doctrines]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 288:
व्योमभावविनिविष्टचेतसः प्रातिभं जगदवेक्ष्य निन्दिता� �
ते त्वमाविशसि याननारतं त्वन्नये� गुरुणाम्� वीक्षितान् � २८� �vyomabhāvaviniviṣṭacetasa� prātibha� jagadavekṣya ninditā� |
te tvamāviśasi yānanārata� tvannayena guruṇāmba vīkṣitān || 288 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Clearance of confusions in perceptions of other doctrines]
ŚūԲⲹ徱Բ:, whose theory is based on the Gross manifestationun folded by Śپ as names and forms and their worship is with external instruments; ⲹ-ղṣeś첹 岹śԲ followers who opine that ʲ is the cause of ṛṣṭi; ṅkⲹ-۴Dz 岹śԲ followers whose doctrine of ṛṣṭi being the admixture of the three ҳṇa-Sattva, Rajas and Tamas; All these preceptors of various doctrines condemn themselves when they get the enlightenment of the truth that the manifestation is nothing but վś Śپ’s expansion. They are taken into her fold when they show interest in knowing Śپ’s power in and through the Samvit, ղṇa, ٳ峾, ṛṇ岹 and Ѳ and cleared of all the confusion of perceptions in their doctrines.