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The Tantra of Svayaṃbhū Vidyapāda

THE TANTRA OF SVAYAṂBHŪ
Vidyapāda
(KMS No. 13)

With the commentary of Sadyojyoti

 Edited and Translated by  PIERRE-SYLVAIN FILLIOZAT

1994, xxxviii+144pp., indexs, ISBN: 91-208-1125-9, Rs 200 (HB)

The Agama tradition is vast, complex, divided into several schools and sub-schools  in all the three streams of Saiva, Vaisnava and Sakta Agamas. The Saiva literature is extensively known by its familiar division of Kashmir Saivism and Saiva Siddhanta.

The Svayambuvasutrasangraha belongs to the Saiva Siddanta stream and is the 13th major text among  the 28 mula agamas of the same tradition. The present work is a portion of the 13th mula agama of the Saiva siddhanta dealing with Vidyapada. The chapters deal with four principal concerns of the Saiva Siddhanta, namely the nature of the bound soul (pasu); the bondaga (pasa); god's power of grace (anugraha sakti); and the path of liberation (adhvan). From these goals the text moves on to describe the methodologies of attaining the final goal through the elaborate rite of diksa.

Sadyojyoti, the ancient most Acarya of this tradition, has commented upon this text in detail. The text assumes importance for the concurrent levels of philosophic discourse and process of worship. The text is critically edited and published with an English translation.
 
 

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