By GUDRUN BUHNEMANN
tt
rites uliimavatant uliimavatantra ra
K7),
mp
A.V.
mantrasdstra .~aru(kjlilukutantra
PA) (A.D.
thiidarsa
Mantramahodadhi (= Tantrariija(tantra) TR)
(A.D.
Manoramii
, 1 , 1 M)
by
by Paddrahid ahidha hara ra
(A.D. 1603/(4).
miildmantras. (bija) (an us viira) viira)
(visarga).
e.g. dum
gam
bija-
iina iinaya ya svii sviihi hiij ij gam,
sviihii to Gana Ganapa pati ti Otrt,
(tii (tiira ra); ); Laksmi; hrirr, glaum,
ri'r ri'rr, r, klim, gUI?I,
•d tionaries'
code.'
(mantriibhidhiina,
bfjanighaIJru,
anukramanikiis,
(r I)
(chandas),
Acco Accord rdin in to syllables. TR syll syllab able le syll syllab able le pi(l pi(lqa qa
syl1ables-ma!amunlru. .l-2ab ab Agni-Purana, 29 .l-2 cf. e.g,
Bijanigbaruu, Da~i~miirtimuni's
uddhiirakosas
74.7 74.76c 6c an
TR, 35.29cd, mil/aman/ras
syll syllab able le -kar -karta tari ri Fo
Tl1rJ1riibhidluina Uddharakaia
(ed.
3- syll syllab able le -hij -hija, a,
T.
KT,
cr Biih Biihne nema mann nn (199 (1991) 1)
syllab able less- antr antra, a, mo W-20 syll bija bija mant mantra ra and mdlamantra, cf.
mb
antriibhid antriibhidhdna hdna
tri, tri,
293
(viniyoga). (bija), energy (Sakti), final'
(kilaka), nyiisa
ua
usuall
th
(dhyiina)
I.
(dlk,l·ii)
KT be
diagrams.
akathaha-cakra"
GCi3
\9
\t
3l:0lf 'j~
It
ed
ab
'\
{tI"U«
,~
3{Vfq
Q"n'
'1,",
,~
a-ka-tha-ha
show above. For to
Accordin to om authorities, saJai kilaka discussion both interpretati ns cf Nowotn (1957: pp. 'cf. th ta te ents in KT 5.20-21. For this cakra, cf. KT, illustratio depict the diagra TR, 1.
146).
reconstructe
accordin
294 to k~a7 ii
and ari,
•s KT. It
siddha-sadhya,
siddha group. It siddha-susiddh and siddha-ari.
categories
siddha-siddha,
and ari siddha-siddha,
if as siddha-siddha
siddha-ari destroys relatives.
akadama-cakra,
a-ka-da-me
it
tl
qu (siddha),
(siidhya),
iO
(susiddha) (an).
naksatra-cakra, TR, 1.48 an
of contemporary prints of contemporary prints
KT, 15.81. KT, 15.85-
KT,
ST 2.1291:. lustra on de ic
th
ia ra
15,87--8 Th illustration depict th diagra
re on truc ed on he ba is reconstructe
on th basi
295
TA
Uftgft
l11:"ft
ilnn
If'EIT
"{
l'3"3;
'l"f
mu
roift
(lff
,ror
'if'!'
'iI'f'li
ai'roir
11['1\11
l:
If
ZO
6"
In::
fimrIiIT
';Ii
'ifTT
~m
'i"1Il"
i'f1ii;
'fd
\R
OI"il
"fit!!"
«ift a;
ar
I)
riisi-cakra Pisces."
!O
11 L1
KT,
PA, 102,9-12.
GUDR
BihfNEMANN
ears heir si ifican fo th ant is houses: I) ascendant (lagnai." (2) money, (3) brother, (4) friend, (5) son, (6) enemy, (7) wife, (8) death, (9) religiou merit, (10) activity, (II) enemy), (12) loss. If rejected."
midhani-cakra,
mantra."
'I'll
:(_\!l
:(
Cf)
'I~
'1
\l
-:;:r
'tt
iJ
0-
ears
if
"i{
If
'1
'I
151"
\!
\l
\!
ou ts (i
(rlJin) (dhanin).
min
belief, I'
q ua r
Ii '5
tfi"
KT,
102. 16 5.92·· nd
TR, 1.58cd-61a
an health so TR, an
D, 24.50-51
\l
f.
297
kuliikula-cukra, (kula)
yl ab
(akula
are
i"T:tr
l < :f i I ~ I
iR
1ft
at!" \T
Iif) ;j'{
'i
't
I'
i5
('f
"fi
11
'\
qr
t{
tf
i;
ii5'
or o 5 r l 1 1 ; l 011;1.21)
it." (urO,
repetition."
""f.
th
~)cf th !I
"cr,
tate ents in PA tatement
110 28-9.
15.94in MMD, 24.72~3. K'I', 15,97~9 and MD
.6 -7
298
RU
BUHNEMAN
mb at
.a KT,
15.65-69.
24
(K (ruddha)
(kii(iik~ara)
'b 'a .y 'g .p
't
24
(vika/a) (dhvasta)
s'
(nirjiva)
(mugdha) (kruddha) (bhcdita) (biila) (kumiira) (yuvaka)
'd
inihsauva;
(vrddha) (garvi/a) (sramhhira) (miircchita) (matta) (kllita) (khandita) (sarha) (manda)
42'
45
(pariihmukha) (chinna) (badhira) 'd (andha) inanimate' (acetana) (ki'flkara) (k~udhita) (stabdha)
52 54
sp
(sthiinahhrt1§(a) (pIt/ita) •t
(supra) itiraskrta) (nfca) (malina)
(nirjita) burnt' (dagdha) (capala) (hhaya'flkara) (m:~tri'flsa) (nindita) (kriira) iphalahinay •f inikrntana) (nin'frya) •p (bhramitas cursed' (sapta) (~f}akli~(a) limbless' iangahina) (jat/a) .d (ripu) (udiislna) (lajji/a) (mohita) (alasa)
tnihsneha) yonimudrii/? midabandha,
mudriis of
mUliidhiira, .6 -7 (als in Brhauantrasiira 344 20··28and NP, 64.14-19 lists 49 defects; KauJiivalfnir'}aya, 17 10 12 ea give li of 25 defect Thes efects ar explaine in etai in ST, 2.71 10 (als in Brhattantrasdra, NP. PA and VT (I, 30 If.J which co ment 'o this as age. Accordin to TR, th th (manlravirya) practitioner. cf anaramd 16, !6--! 8) by pe fo ming th yonimudrii. For mantra virya, with th Manoramd.
brahmarandhra. brahmarandhra
miUadhiira-
cakra:"
purificatory rite (sa'rlskiira) KT,
brie explanations ollo I) Creating (janana):
yantra
miitrkiiyantra
form
be
PA, 95 14-16.
21
miilrkiiyantra ar mdna da-t 2'1
th
I.
mantra.
MMD, tr
25 matrkiiyanlra
in
Poramanandatontra,
in
is
1. 3c -- j7 escrib
th
96, 2()"'21. Th yantra is
ijivanay: O'!l, separately.
ttiidana):
Ywrt.
(bodhuna):
ram.
cr
(abhiFka):
asvattha (vimalikaranai: O'!l hraum,
(iipyayana): with
itarpana):
secretly.
(dipana): (gupti):
kusa grass. O'!l hrim srf'!l
)0
the mantrasiistra
30
while
iasauca'; dharmasiistras, •b
with th
syllable hriJrr
01?1
he
ritual
el
tpurascarana] purascaryd), (puja)
(japa)
nu
(homa)
(tarpaJ}a)
japa
at
(brahmanabhajanos
It
ra
purascarana
purascarana perf rmance pres ribe
(3 mental (miinasa).J3
fo ha limb." I)
aloud (viicika),
feri (2 whis ered (up~u)
and
KT (stolra) '34
up." tion"
JI Fo thes impuriti s. cf KT. 15 57 Text such as 1"S. 3-4,24 the Efocedure fo removing thes impurities
KT, 15.9.
cf. KT, 15.54. cf.
KT, 15.55. ~cf. KT, 1 5 . 1 0 0 . "cr. KT, 1 5 . 1 1 0 . llCf.
(quotin
Kiisasu'fI/Jil,i)
discuss
302
(mala)
KT
attraction.':"
Rudraksa
iElaeo arpu
Ganitrus
KT
rosary-bag
(gomukha/gomukhi). (karamalii).
(ak,wmala). KT ro
It is called a-ksa-miilii
to to ksa
'41
anusviira 4l
ksa purascarana
1i
19 01(1
'2 'J
cr. KT, cf. cf. KT, 15.49ab. cf. T, 15.4 -9
cf. KT,
S.22~.
f.
purascarana rite.
(Piijiislhiina).44
en
(kiirmacakra)
purascarana syllables
way:"
GO';5~Uf
lftf~~
c.
{(
71'€
\f
It (dfpasthana)47
pura.~caraIJa.48
It is believe
so purascarana
tmantrasiddhii
"cr. KT,
kiirmacakra
Subhaganandanatha' 4l 49
isde cribed in umer us text commentary Manoramd
dipasthiina,
f.
cf.
-"'e[.
by sign like
t5.2
..,cf. KT, 15.30. 47
is indicate
15.76.
Paramanandatantra,
Here th
escripti
21.117:
ollows TR, 5.88-9 an dipa-
304
tbrahmagranthi the visuddhicakrai,
aniihatacakra)
ivisnugranthi
in
kundalini, ~2
purascarana
If
purascaruna
'.
sire-ori
(kiimya) rites,
atc (abhiciira), lik subjugation (vasikara~a), immobilization (stambhana), eradication iuccdtana; an liquidatio (miira~a). Th te ts mentio certai peculi ri ie
purascarana.
re
performed." Grathana:
I)
ays
accordin
to th
ategor
(.~iinti) rites.
ivasyakarman)Y Samputa:
(3
ri
mo
(samstambhanai. (vidvesanai.
(6)
eradic tio (proccaianai. Pal/ va
rite of liquidatio Some authorities"
tmiirana],
hUIfI
phat,
.n-ahii,
nddis, pingala,
52
and/or
cf
iejii and susumnd,"
MMD,
(svara)
asculine mantra
re successfully employ
25.97-[00.
24.129 an 125,9-10, 136---141, 1.5. [-7. Tiirobhak tisudharnavu 369, ~-25. .1 TR. 1.7 and MMD, 25.18 If. Fo eleven methods, Netratantra \~On vidarbha, al adou 19 ), '6 Fo this P.4, inio ST, 3.[4 l: nd no bhaven mantra pallavo mdrane atab II mi ni mn bhaven mantro ()ga~procciuane atah mantrasyiint bhaven niim pallav miiran 53
MMT!.
ST23,
matah
I'Fo th thre exes of mant as cf e. KT, 16.4(l..43, MMD. 24.93-5ab, in Tiirabhaktisudhiirnavu 70,9 21 l~
significance of dillereru priinic
Agni-Purana,
2.57cd--63(th same passag occur>
,I'l'"ro.iaslra,
Sivruvarodaya.
305 •c niiifi pingala, prima
niidi icfii.
priina,
susumnii
Summary KT.
kuliikula-cakra.
and midabandha; (salflskiira), special
The yonimudrii,
(purascaranalpurascaryiiy; I)
(4) fire sacrific
(homa) and
(tarpOIJ.a), (briihma1Ja abhojana) An
(5)
(kurmacakra)
(siddha),
in desire-oriented
(kiimya)
and pall va pihgalii, icfii and
u su mn i
ni
61
ABBREVIATIONS
Agni-Purdna
Agnipuriinam.
Brhattantrasdra Th isanasivagurudevapaddhat Isp
ii hv isanasivagurudevamisro
Trivandrum,
Kaulavalinirnaya Kulornavatantra. KT Manoramd See TR. MMD nt amah da hi Nityotsava Sastri, Revised and Netratantra
Nt
ed.)
,m!i a~
M. P. Pandit
Parasurdma-kalpasiaras,
Atha niiradiyamahiipuriif}alt prarabhyate, Padiirthiiooda by Ra ha ab atta Se ST. gyiinandasandohakhyavyiikhyayi
ti
samvalitam
KT. 16 42-43. hi
ap r.
Ma
ii Siistri.
00. by
Ed. A. Mahadeva f977 (Fourth 00.)
306
SELECTING
AND PERFECTING
MANTRA IN fllNDU
TANTRISM
ST "" Siiradiitilakatamra. TiiriihhaklisudhiirlJava Tiirii-Bhaktl-Sudhiirnava. Ed. Shastri. Calcutta, 1926. TR Tantrarajatantra. TS Tantrasiirah mahiimahupiidhyiiya.trikr~·niinandaviigi.iahha!!iiciiryaviradtalJ. VT
1938. ivid
na
Fa
rm
Ku
T.
(i press) Nowotny, F. 1957. 'Da Pa ux Padoux,
Pondichery
1978(a).
1978(b). 'Contributions ll ti (mantroddhiira in
1987(a). 'Contributions
Francois
d'Extreme-Orient,
Asiatique,
275, 1987 115-29
1959
Agni-Puriina', l'
Albany N.Y.
Indo-Iranian Journal, 1, 1957 109--54. 65 77 Journa Asiatique,
Pujavidhiniriipana
345-9.
Padoux, A.
an ra
le Fr
ai
Stein. Vol.
77 1987 117--64.
'E tr me-O ie t, J.
Bruxelles
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65 1978,65-85
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