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Tantraloka [sanskrit text]
by Jun Takashima | 2020 | 46,255 words
The Sanskrit text of the Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta including grammatical analysis, English glossary and comparative print editions. The Tantraloka (“light on Tantra”) was written by Abhinavagupta in the 10th century in Kashmir and represents a major Encyclopedic work in Shaivism dealing with many core aspects and terminology.
Book 7 - saptamamāhnikam
atha śrītantrāloke |
atha paramarahasyo'yaṃ cakrāṇāṃ bhaṇyate'bhyudayaḥ || 1 ||
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ityayatnajamākhyātaṃ yatnajaṃ tu nigadyate |
bījapiṇḍātmakaṃ sarvaṃ saṃvidaḥ spandanātmatām || 2 ||
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vidadhatparasaṃvittāvupāya iti varṇitam |
yathāraghaṭṭacakrāgraghaṭīyantraughavāhanam || 3 ||
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ekānusaṃdhiyatnena citraṃ yantrodayaṃ bhajet |
ekānusaṃdhānabalājjāte mantrodaye'niśam || 4 ||
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tanmantradevatā yatnāttādātmyena prasīdati |
khe rasaikākṣi nityotthe tadardhaṃ dvikapiṇḍake || 5 ||
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trike sapta sahasrāṇi dviśatītyudayo mataḥ |
catuṣke tu sahasrāṇi pañca caiva catuḥśatī || 6 ||
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pañcārṇe'bdhisahasrāṇi triśatī viṃśatistathā |
ṣaṭke sahasratritayaṃ ṣaṭśatī codayo bhavet || 7 ||
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saptake trisahasraṃ tu ṣaḍaśītyadhikaṃ smṛtam |
śataistu saptaviṃśatyā varṇāṣṭakavikalpite || 8 ||
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caturviṃśatiśatyā tu navārṇeṣūdayo bhavet |
adhiṣaṣṭyekaviṃśatyā śatānāṃ daśavarṇake || 9 ||
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ekānnaviṃśatiśataṃ catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ śivārṇake |
aṣṭādaśa śatāni syurudayo dvādaśārṇake || 10 ||
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trayodaśārṇe dvāṣaṣṭyā śatāni kila ṣoḍaśa |
tricatvāriṃśatā pañcadaśeti bhuvanārṇake || 11 ||
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caturdaśaśatī khābdhiḥ syātpañcadaśavarṇake |
trayodaśaśatī sārdhā ṣoḍaśārṇe tu kathyate || 12 ||
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śatadvādaśikā saptadaśārṇe saikasaptatiḥ |
aṣṭādaśārṇe vijñeyā śatadvādaśikā budhaiḥ || 13 ||
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caturviṃśatisaṃkhyāke cakre navaśatī bhavet |
saptaviṃśatisaṃkhyāte tūdayo'ṣṭaśatātmakaḥ || 14 ||
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dvātriṃśake mahācakre ṣaṭśatī pañcasaptatiḥ |
dvicaturviṃśake cakre sārdhāṃ śatacatuṣṭayīm || 15 ||
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udayaṃ piṇḍayogajñaḥ piṇḍamantreṣu lakṣayet |
catuṣpañcāśake cakre śatānāṃ tu catuṣṭayam || 16 ||
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saptatriṃśatsahārdhena triśatyaṣṭāṣṭake bhavet |
ardhamardhatribhāgaśca ṣaṭṣaṣṭirdviśatī bhavet || 17 ||
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ekāśītipade cakre udayaḥ prāṇacāragaḥ |
cakre tu ṣaṇṇavatyākhye sapādā dviśatī bhavet || 18 ||
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aṣṭottaraśate cakre dviśatastūdayo bhavet |
krameṇetthamidaṃ cakraṃ ṣaṭkṛtvo dviguṇaṃ yadā || 19 ||
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tato'pi dviguṇe'ṣṭāṃśasyārdhamadhyardhamekakam |
tato'pi sūkṣmakuśalairardhārdhādiprakalpane || 20 ||
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bhāgaṣoḍaśakasthityā sūkṣmaścāro'bhilakṣyate |
evaṃ prayatnasaṃruddhaprāṇacārasya yoginaḥ || 21 ||
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krameṇa prāṇacārasya grāsa evopajāyate |
prāṇagrāsakramāvāptakālasaṃkarṣaṇasthitiḥ || 22 ||
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saṃvidekaiva pūrṇā syājjñānabhedavyapohanāt |
tathā hi prāṇacārasya navasyānudaye sati || 23 ||
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na kālabhedajanito jñānabhedaḥ prakalpate |
saṃvedyabhedānna jñānaṃ bhinnaṃ śikharivṛttavat || 24 ||
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kālastu bhedakastasya sa tu sūkṣmaḥ kṣaṇo mataḥ |
saukṣmyasya cāvadhirjñānaṃ yāvattiṣṭhati sa kṣaṇaḥ || 25 ||
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anyathā na sa nirvaktuṃ nipuṇairapi pāryate |
jñānaṃ kiyadbhavettāvattadabhāvo na bhāsate || 26 ||
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tadabhāvaśca no tāvadyāvattatrākṣavartmani |
arthe vātmapradeśe vā na saṃyogavibhāgitā || 27 ||
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sā cedudayate spandamayī tatprāṇagā dhruvam |
bhavedeva tataḥ prāṇaspandābhāve na sā bhavet || 28 ||
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tadabhāvānna vijñānābhāvaḥ saivaṃ tu saiva dhīḥ |
na cāsau vastuto dīrghā kālabhedavyapohanāt || 29 ||
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vastuto hyata eveyaṃ kālaṃ saṃvinna saṃspṛśet |
ata ekaiva saṃvittirnānārūpe tathātathā || 30 ||
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vindānā nirvikalpāpi vikalpo bhāvagocare |
spandāntaraṃ na yāvattaduditaṃ tāvadeva saḥ || 31 ||
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tāvāneko vikalpaḥ syādvividhaṃ vastu kalpayan |
ye tvitthaṃ na vidusteṣāṃ vikalpo nopapadyate || 32 ||
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sa hyeko na bhavetkaścit trijagatyāpi jātucit |
śabdārūṣaṇayā jñānaṃ vikalpaḥ kila kathyate || 33 ||
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sā ca syātkramikaivetthaṃ kiṃ kathaṃ ko vikalpayet |
ghaṭa ityapi neyānsyādvikalpaḥ kā kathā sthitau || 34 ||
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na vikalpaśca ko'pyasti yo mātrāmātraniṣṭhitaḥ |
na ca jñānasamūho'sti teṣāmayugapatsthiteḥ || 35 ||
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tenāstaṅgata evaiṣa vyavahāro vikalpajaḥ |
tasmātspandāntaraṃ yāvannodiyāttāvadekakam || 36 ||
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vijñānaṃ tadvikalpātmadharmakoṭīrapi spṛśet |
ekāśītipadodāraśaktyāmarśātmakastataḥ || 37 ||
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vikalpaḥ śivatādāyī pūrvameva nirūpitaḥ |
yathā karṇau nartayāmītyevaṃ yatnāttathā bhavet || 38 ||
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cakracāragatādyatnāttadvattaccakragaiva dhīḥ |
japahomārcanādīnāṃ prāṇasāmyamato vidhiḥ || 39 ||
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siddhāmate kuṇḍalinīśaktiḥ prāṇasamonmanā |
uktaṃ ca yoginīkaule tadetatparameśinā || 40 ||
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padamantrākṣare cakre vibhāgaṃ śaktitattvagam |
padeṣu kṛtvā mantrajño japādau phalabhāgbhavet || 41 ||
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dvitrisaptāṣṭasaṃkhyātaṃ lopayecchatikodayam |
iti śaktisthitā mantrā vidyā vā cakranāyakāḥ || 42 ||
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padapiṇḍasvarūpeṇa jñātvā yojyāḥ sadā priye |
nityodaye mahātattve udayasthe sadāśive || 43 ||
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ayuktāḥ śaktimārge tu na japtāścodayena ye |
te na siddhyanti yatnena japtāḥ koṭiśatairapi || 44 ||
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mālāmantreṣu sarveṣu mānaso japa ucyate |
upāṃśurvā śaktyudayaṃ teṣāṃ na parikalpayet || 45 ||
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padamantreṣu sarveṣu yāvattatpadaśaktigam |
śakyate satataṃ yuktaistāvajjapyaṃ tu sādhakaiḥ || 46 ||
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tāvatī teṣu vai saṃkhyā padeṣu padasaṃjñitā |
tāvantamudayaṃ kṛtvā tripadoktyāditaḥ kramāt || 47 ||
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dvādaśākhye dvādaśite cakre sārdhaṃ śataṃ bhavet |
udayastaddhi sacatuścatvāriṃśacchataṃ bhavet || 48 ||
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ṣoḍaśākhye dvādaśite dvānavatyadhike śate |
cārārdhena samaṃ proktaṃ śataṃ dvādaśakādhikam || 49 ||
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ṣoḍaśākhye ṣoḍaśite bhaveccaturaśītigaḥ |
udayo dviśataṃ taddhi ṣaṭpañcāśatsamuttaram || 50 ||
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cārāṣṭabhāgāṃstrīnatra kathayantyadhikānbudhāḥ |
aṣṭāṣṭake dvādaśite pādārdhaṃ viṃśatiṃ vasūn || 51 ||
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udayaḥ saptaśatikā sāṣṭā ṣaṣṭiryato hi saḥ |
eṣa cakrodayaḥ proktaḥ sādhakānāṃ hitāvahaḥ || 52 ||
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niruddhya mānasīrvṛttīścakre viśrāntimāgataḥ |
vyutthāya yāvadviśrāmyettāvaccārodayo hyayam || 53 ||
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pūrṇe samudaye tvatra praveśaikātmyanirgamāḥ |
traya ityata evoktaḥ siddhau madhyodayo varaḥ || 54 ||
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ādyantodayanirmuktā madhyamodayasaṃyutāḥ |
mantravidyācakragaṇāḥ siddhibhājo bhavanti hi || 55 ||
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mantracakrodayajñastu vidyācakrodayārthavit |
kṣipraṃ siddhyediti proktaṃ śrīmaddviṃśatike trike || 56 ||
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dvistriścaturvā mātrābhirvidyāṃ vā cakrameva vā |
tattvodayayutaṃ nityaṃ pṛthagbhūtaṃ japetsadā || 57 ||
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piṇḍākṣarapadairmantramekaikaṃ śaktitattvagam |
bahvakṣarastu yo mantro vidyā vā cakrameva vā || 58 ||
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śaktisthaṃ naiva taṃ tatra vibhāgastvoṃnamontagaḥ |
asmiṃstattvodaye tasmādahorātrastriśastriśaḥ || 59 ||
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vibhajyate vibhāgaśca punareva triśastriśaḥ |
pūrvodaye tu viśramya dvitīyenollasedyadā || 60 ||
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viśeccārdhardhikāyogāttadoktārdhodayo bhavet |
yadā pūrṇodayātmā tu samaḥ kālastrike sphuret || 61 ||
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praveśaviśrāntyullāse syātsvatryaṃśodayastadā |
etyeṣa kālavibhavaḥ prāṇa eva pratiṣṭhitaḥ || 62 ||
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sa spade khe sa taccityāṃ tenāsyāṃ viśvaniṣṭhiatiḥ |
ataḥ saṃvitpratiṣṭhānau yato viśvalayodayau || 63 ||
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śaktyante'dhvani tatspandāsaṃkhyātā vāstavī tataḥ |
uktaṃ śrīmālinītantre gātre yatraiva kutracit || 64 ||
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vikāra upajāyeta tattattvaṃ tattvamuttamam |
prāṇe pratiṣṭhitaḥ kālastadāviṣṭā ca yattanuḥ || 65 ||
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dehe pratiṣṭhitasyāsya tato rūpaṃ nirūpyate |
citspandaprāṇavṛttīnāmantyā yā sthūlatā suṣiḥ || 66 ||
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sā nāḍīrūpatāmetya dehaṃ saṃtānayedimam |
śrīsvacchande'ta evoktaṃ yathā parṇaṃ svatantubhiḥ || 67 ||
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vyāptaṃ tadvattanurdvāradvāribhāvena nāḍibhiḥ |
pādāṅguṣṭhādikordhvasthabrahmakuṇḍalikāntagaḥ || 68 ||
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kālaḥ samastaścaturaśītāvevāṅguleṣvitaḥ |
dvādaśāntāvadhiṃ kiṃcitsūkṣmakālasthitiṃ viduḥ || 69 ||
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ṣaṇṇavatyāmadhaḥ ṣaḍdvikramāccāṣṭottaraṃ śatam |
atra madhyamasaṃcāriprāṇodayalayāntare || 70 ||
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viśve sṛṣṭilayāste tu citrā vāyvantarakramāt |
ityeṣa sūkṣmaparimarśanaśīlanīyaścakrodayo'nubhavaśāstradṛśā mayoktaḥ || 71 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Tantraloka saptamamāhnikam
Sri Tantraloka
by Satya Prakash Singh & Swami Maheshvarananda (2015)
The Only Complete Edition with Sanskrit Text and English Translation (Set of 9 Volumes); 9788187471868; [Standard Publishers India]
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Sri Tantraloka (Set of 8 Volumes)
by Paramahansa Mishra (2000)
[श्री तन्त्रालोकः (संस्कृत एवं हिंदी अनुवाद)] Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation; Published by Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; With two commentaries: Viveka (विवेक) by Ācārya Śrī Jayaratha and Nīrakṣīraviveka (नीरक्षीरविवेक) by Paramhans Mishra.
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Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta (with Jnanavati Hindi commentary)
by Radheshyam Chaturvedi (2002)
[आचार्य अभिनवगुप्त द्वारा रचित तंत्रलोक: संस्कृत एवम् हिन्दी अनुवाद (पाँच खंडों में)] Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation and Commentary; Published by Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan.
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Sri Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta
by Giriratna Misra (2018)
With Viveka Saṃskṛta Commentary by Rājānaka Jayaratha; Sanskrit Text, Transliteration, Sarveshwari English commentary; With Glossary and Central Idea of Each Śloka; Published by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan
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