तन्त्रसार (महामाहेश्वर अभिनवगुप्त - तन्त्रालोक का प्रामाणिक सार-संग्रह सटीक)

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the great light of consciousness which shines in multifarious
forms, is really His Śivahood (Śivatā)¹
After consecrating the body the worshipper then per-
forms Śūlābjanyāsa in the vital energy. One should think of
the earth, the water, the fire and the wind above ādhāraśakti
which is situated four digits below the navel. One digit each
is occupied by the earth and the others. Kanda is supposed
to be like a boat to help crossing the ocean. The air is
functioning there and the sky is lying within them. Then
the worshipper thinks of a staff named Ananta going upto
lambikā, the aperture below the palate (tālurandhra). It
contains all the tanmātrās and others. It terminates in kalā.
Above it there is the knot of māyā where four legs of the
Siṁhāsana in the forms of the lion stand. Dharma, jñāna,
Vairāgya and aiśvarya have taken these forms, whereas
adharma, ajñāna, avairāgya and anaiśvarya are the joining
planks. They occupy south-east, south-west, north-west
and north-east respectively, adharma and others occupy the
east, the south, the west and the north.
Above māyā and below the trident the siṁhāsana is
covered with two sheets of cloth---the lower one represents
māyā for veiling the real nature and the upper one is for the
purpose of covering māyā itself. The worshipper then medi-
tates on the vidyā Kamala, that is Śuddhavidyā as a white
lotus. Its petals are oceupied by Śaktis known as vāmā and
others which Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra representing creation,
maintenance and dissolution, meya, māna and mātṛ superin-
tending on three maṇḍalas one above the other from lambikā
onward. Above Rudra Īśvara is located and further above
Sadāśiva is lying, like a corpse, but he is everawake and is of

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