Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 299 [Nara-Shakti-Shiva in Shakti鈥檚 empire], English comparative study extracted from the two available commentaries鈥攖he 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 299 [Nara-艢补办迟颈-艢颈惫补 in 艢补办迟颈鈥檚 empire]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 299:
啶む啶掂 啶ㄠさ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶え啷佮啶曕啶班さ啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶灌ぞ 啶膏啶掂啶︵ぐ啶距ぐ啷嵿お啶苦い啶膏ぎ啶膏啶むう啷囙さ啶むぞ 啷�
啶︵啶掂た 啶膏お啷嵿い啶︵ざ啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶啶︵た啶むぞ 啶む啶掂 啶啶班啶距ざ啶多た啶掂啶ㄠ啶︵啶班啶距ぎ啶苦え啷� 啷� 啷ㄠク啷� 啷�tva峁� nav膩r峁嘺manucakravigrah膩 svodar膩rpitasamastadevat膩 |
devi saptada艣avar峁嘺bhedit膩 tva峁� prak膩艣a艣ivacandrag膩min墨 || 299 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Nara-艢补办迟颈-艢颈惫补 in 艢补办迟颈鈥檚 empire]
艢补办迟颈 in the form of the 狈补惫腻谤峁嘺 mantra and A峁ａ弓acakra (补峁ａ弓补惫补谤驳补蝉) projects seventeen devatas (9 letters of Mantra and 鈥渁鈥�, 鈥渒a鈥�, 鈥渃a鈥�, 鈥溼弓a鈥�, 鈥渢a鈥�, 鈥減a鈥�, 鈥測a鈥�, 鈥溑沘鈥濃�攖he eight vargas) which rest in her bosom. 艢颈惫补 (笔谤补办腻艣补), who is her companion, is assimilated to Candra. Her prime status is upheld by K膩lidasa, fixing 艢颈惫补, in secondary stage in the form of Candra 笔谤补办腻艣补. When in union, it is difficult to fix the primacy of status to either because they are the divine couple[1]. 艢补办迟颈 forms the base for the Trika form- Nara-艢补办迟颈 and 艢颈惫补 that falls within her empire.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[1] Cf. [Kramaprak膩艣ik膩] p 205 [颁颈诲驳补驳补苍补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻] 299.鈥�
鈥減halabhed膩d膩ropitabheda岣� pad膩rth膩tm膩 艣补办迟颈岣�鈥� iti svatantr膩dvaitasa峁僾itsamayas膩mr膩jya艣膩lini 艣膩ktadar艣ane 艣aktipr膩dh膩nyapraka峁璦n膩yaiva 艣ivasya gau峁嘺tva峁� prati峁ａ弓h膩pyate | y膩maloll膩sar奴pe paratattve tu鈥斺�渘a 艣ivena 惫颈苍腻 艣aktirna 艣aktirahati岣� 艣颈惫补岣� | t膩d膩tmyamanayornitya峁� vahnid膩hikayoriva ||鈥�