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Essay name: Svacchandatantra (history and structure)

Author: William James Arraj

The essay represents a study and partial English translation of the Svacchandatantra and its commentary, “Uddyota�, by Kshemaraja. The text, attributed to the deity Svacchanda-bhairava, has various names and demonstrates a complex history of transmission through diverse manuscript traditions in North India, Nepal, and beyond.

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ApabhramÅ›aá¸�, AnunÄsikyaá¸�, Samskṛṭaá¸�, PrÄká¹›taá¸�, [and
animal] sounds (rava�)./20/
Produced by contact, i.e., produced by the hands with hudukka�,
but produced [by separation (viyogah), i.e.,] by division
(vibhÄgaá¸�), i.e., produced by the separating (viÅ›leá¹£aá¸�) of leaves,
etc..
Thus, in this fashion [sounds],
Located in the seven tones, both distinct and indistinct, both
stated and not stated, one grasps through contact with the
organ of hearing. /21/
[The meanng is:] the person grasps through the ear all that has
the form of sound, consisting of musical instruments, Samská¹›tah
[speech], etc., specifically located in the vibration consisting of the
seven tones.
And thus,
This sound is the object-range of that by which the
individual cognizes.
This, i.e., all the sound having the form previously discussed, is
the object-range (visaya�) of that, i.e., of the organ of hearing;
[and, if one should ask:] what [organ] is that [he says it is that]
by which the individual (pudgalah), i.e., the person (pumÄn)
cognizes (budyeta), i.e., knows (jäniyÄt); and likewise, further
on [for the other organs], the [same] connection should be made
[with the cognizing person.]
[11] Soft, hard, rough, cold,/22/
warm, slippery, clay, mud, sandy, arrow; spear, sword,
bell, etc., hitting, cutting;/23/
these the organ of the skin, touching, knows.
The meaning is: being touching, it knows, i.e., knows through
touching.
Thus, in this fashion,
Next,
This touch is the object-range of that, by which the person
cognizes./24/

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