[Fwd: Sabda - Bhartrihari]

[Swarna Venkateswara Swamy]

Dear Shri Ken,

Very interesting. I have not been following the
earlier mails in this thread (about the grammar) but
this, somehow caught my attention. Can a similar
connection be established between Siva and numbers?

Swamy


--- ken knight <hilken_98 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> --- "H.B.Dave" <hbd at DDIT.ERNET.IN> wrote:
>
> Namaste,
>
> You posted some detailed notes on the matrika which
> I
> have only recently been able to access.  Thank you
> for
> these.  I am summarising a book on Kashmiri
> Shaivism,
> for my own research, by Lakshmana Joo and will put
> it
> below in case anyone may be interested. I had sent
> this privately to Shrinivas but it may be of
> interest
> to others on this site; I hope that it is not out of
> accord with the moderators though.
> I have had to correct some of it as in the printing
> of
> the book there is a major error in one section.  I
> have collated here the chapters on the Tattvas and
> the
> matrika,
>
> I hope that it is of use,
>
> ken Knight
>
> ps. I notice that my marking font for the Sanskrit
> is
> not coming out well when copied here.  The relevant
> book is very cheap...'Kashmiri Shaivism: The Secret
> Supreme' published by SUNY 1988. If anyone is
> interested in picking this thread up and cannot make
> sense of the transliteration I will be happy to
> answer
> any query away from this site.
> Sorry if it is too confusing.
>
> Maatrrikaacakra  :  The theory of the alphabet
>
> Lord SZiva, the reflector of this whole universe, is
> full of five energies noted here with the letters
> from
> the anuttara 'a' to the visarga 'hh':
>
> cit szakti: the energy of consciousness
>      a
> anaanda szakti: the energy of bliss
>          aa       these are inseparable, unmanifest
>
> icchaa szakti: the energy of will
>             i   residing peacefully in its own
> nature
>
>                           i  remains residing in Its
> own bliss but is
>
>                               agitated will ( this
> is
> not desire)
>
> #jn[aana szakti: the energy of knowledge
>       u   unmesza..the universal existence is about
> to
>
>
>                               begin. There is
> apprehension ( uunataa )  in
>
>                               Lord SZiva's
> consciousness that if movement
>
>                               begins there will be a
> loosening of 'my own
>
>                               nature'
>
>
>                          uu  the apprehension (
> uunataa )  that his cit szakti
>
>                               may be decreased keeps
> Lord SZiva at a
>
>                              standstill
>
>
>                          rri
>
>                          rri     the state wherein
> Lord SZiva  has rejected
>                                            lrri
>  the universe and is residing in his own
>
>                        lrri     nature.
>
>
>                                    These four vowels
> are called amrita bija,
>
>                                    residing in his
> own
> bliss. The state of
>
>                                    Lord SZiva which
> these represent is
>
>                                    known as
> anaasrszrita  sziva
>
> kriyaa szakti: the energy of action
>        e   As cit szakti and anaanda szakti are at
> rest there
>
>                       ai      can be no
> apprehension,
> but in contact with
>
>
>                                 icchaa szakti e and
> ai
> are produced. These are
>
>                                asphutta kriyaa
> szakti,
> not vivid
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>                          o         cit szakti and
> anaanda szakti  in contact with
>
>                        au          jn[aana szakti
> they
> produce o and
>
>                                     simultaneously
> this contact produces au.
>
>                                     These are
> sphuttatara kriyaa szakti (more
>
>                                      vivid) and
> sphuttatama kriyaa szakti ( most
>
>                                      vivid).
> Although
> this universe is
>
>                                     reflected in His
> total energy it takes
>
>                                     place primarily
> in
> the letter au.
>
>
> Although the whole universe has been created He
> remains unchanged, full of consciousness and bliss.
> Nothing has happened; He is only residing in his own
> point. This is represented by the anusvaara 'm'm .
> The reflection of this universe is represented by
> the
> visarga 'hh' which in devanaagari script takes the
> form of the colon ':' and the two points represent
> the
> sziva and szakti bindus.
>
> The remainder of the alphabet is the szakti tattva
> which is the reflection of the sziva tattva. All
> this
> universe is a reflection of His svaatantrya.  If
> this
> universe is not created but a reflection how then is
> each letter produced. In each of the five above
> szaktis  all five are present but only one
> dominates.
> Hence there are 5x5=25 energies and these are the
> first twenty five tattvas from prrithvi to purusxa.
>
> As the creation is a reflection the letters appear
> 'in
> reverse'. Hence:
>
> mahaabhuutas
>
> Produced by cit szakti and aananda szakti, which are
> one, mixed with the five energies.
>
> Letter
>                                   dominant  szakti
> nm                                     aakaasza
> (ether)                                    cit
> szakti
> gha                                 vaayu    (air)
>                                   anaanda szakti
> ga                                   agni    (fire)
>                                    icchaa szakti
> kha                                 jala     (water)
>                                  jn[aana szakti
> ka                                   prrithvi
> ((earth)
>                                   kriyaa szakti
>
>
> tanmaatras
>
> Produced by ichhaa szakti mixed with the five
> energies
>
> n[aa                   szabda  (sound)
>           cit szakti
> jha                                 sparsza  (touch)
>                                anaanda szakti
> ja                                   ruupa
> (form)
>                                  icchaa szakti
> cha                                rasa      (taste)
>                                 jn[aana szakti
> ca                                  gandha (smell)
>                              kriyaa szakti
>
>
>
>
> karmendriyas
>
> produced by anaszrritasziva in conjunction with the
> five energies
>
> n-a                    vaak  (speech)
>                  cit szakti
> d-ha                          paani  (organ of
> action)
>                     anaanda szakti
> d-a                           paada  (organ of
> locomotion)            icchaa szakti
> t-ha                                   paayu  (organ
> of excretion)               jn[aana szakti
> t-a                                     upastha
> (organ
> of sex)                     kriyaa szakti
>
>
> jn[aanendriyas
>
> produced by anaszrritasziva in conjunction with the
> five energies
>
> na                                   szrotra  (organ
> of hearing)                   cit szakti
> dha                                 tvak     (organ
> of
> touch)                     anaanda szakti
> da                                   caks-u   (organ
> of sight)                      icchaa szakti
> tha                                  rasanaa ((organ
> of taste)                       jn[aana szakti
> ta                                    ghraana (organ
> of smell)                      kriyaa szakti
>
>
> antah-karan-as
>
>
> produced by jn[aana szakti in conjunction with the
> five energies
>
>
> ma                                 purus-a (limited
> self)                             cit szakti
> bha                                prakriti (nature)
>                                  anaanda szakti
> ba                                  ahammkaara
> (((egoity)                               icchaa
> szakti
> pha                                buddhi
> (intellect)                                jn[aana
> szakti
> pa                                  manas    (mind)
>                                  kriyaa szakti
>
>
> sxat- kan[cukas
>
> The six internal states of purus-a are reduced to
> four
> by combining niyati with raaga and kaala with kalaa.
> The resulting four limitations correspond with the
> semi-vowels.
>
> ya                               kaala with kalaa
> limitations of time and creativity
> ra                               vidya
>  limitation of knowledge
> la                               niyati with raaga
> limitations of space and attachment
> va                              maayaa
>  self ignorance and objectivity
>
> It cannot be said that these limitations are created
> by the energies of Lord SZiva as they represent the
> state of purus-a internally.  They are called
> antah-stha because they reside inside purus-a, one's
> own limited self.
>
>
> szuddha tattvas
>
> Neither are these limitations created by the
> energies
> of Lord SZiva but they are the swelling of the heat
> of
> His own nature.
>
>
> sza                      szuddhavidyaa
> ahamm-aham / idamm- idamm
> sxa                      iszvara
>  idamm - aham
> sa                      sadaasziva
> ahamm - idamm
> ha                     szakti
>  ahamm
>
> These four letters are called uusxma which means
> 'the
> heat of His own nature.  They are the expansion of
> the
> state of unlimited Being and as such are attached to
> the unlimited state of purus-a
> which is the expansion of unlimited being.
>
>
>
> The anusvaara 'mm' indicates that this whole
> pratyaahaara, which is contained in the letters of
> 'a'
> to 'ha', and which has produced the 118 worlds, the
> 36
> elements and the 5 circles ( kalaas ) has in reality
> created nothing.' The difference between szakti
> pratyaahaara  and SZiva pratyaahaara is that in the
> former two szaktis combine together and create a
> world
> of their own.
>
>
> There are three visargas detailed in the system of
> the
> maatrrikaacakra:
>
> Szaambhava visarga:  this exists at anaanda szakti
> and is represented by the letter 'aa'. The mode of
>                                 this  visarga is
> said
> to be cittapralayaH which means the state where the
> mind
>                                does not function,
> where only thoughtlessness exists.  This is a
> thoughtless
>                                flow also known a
> paravisarga, the supreme visarga concerened with
> SZiva.
>
> SZakta visarga:  Also called the parapara visarga,
> the
> middle visarga represented by the 'hh'
>                         (visargahh) .  Its mode is
> cittasammbodha which indicates the state where
>                         awareness is maintained in
> one-pointedness.
>
> AAn-ava visarga: Also known as aparavisargahh, the
> lower visarga.  It is attributed to the letter 'ha'
> and is the visarga of the individual (narah-). The
> mode of this visarga is cittaviszraantih- which is
> where the mind rests, is stable, in concentration.
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