The Stanzas on Vibration

Mark S. G. Dyczkowski took his first degree at Banaras Hindu University and then his doctorate at Oxford. He is presently associated with Sampurnananda Sanskrit University in Varanasi. He is the author of The Doctrine of Vibration: An Analysis of the Doctrine and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism; The Canon of the Saivagama and the Kubjika: Tantras of the Western Kaula Tradition; and The Aphorisms of Shiva: The Shiva Sutra with a Commentary by Bhaskara, all published by SUNY Press.

Preface

Acknowledgments

The Stanzas on Vibration

List of Abbreviations

Part I Introduction

Chapter 1. General Background

Chapter 2. The Beginnings of Kashmir Saivism

Chapter 3. The Origin of the Aphorisms of Siva

Chapter 4. Basic Features of the Stanzas on Vibration

Chapter 5. The Authorship of the Stanzas on Vibration

Chapter 6. The Commentators on the Stanzas on Vibration

Kallatabhatta

Rajanaka Rama

Bhagavadutpala

Bhaskara

Ksemaraja

Other Commentators and Commentaries

Chapter 7. The Doctrine of Vibration and Recognition

Pratyabhijna in the Commentary by Bhagavatdutpala

Recognition and the Pulse of Consciousness

Self Awareness, Own Being and Egoity .

Chapter 8. Spanda, Krama and Sakti : The Vibration of Consciousness and Its Power

Part II Commentaries and Exposition

Chapter 9. The Essence of Vibration, the SpandaSamdoha , by Ksemaraja

Chapter 10. The Stanzas on Vibration with the Brief Explanation, the Spanda Vrtti , by Kallatabhatta and the Extended Explanation, the Spanda Vivrti , by Rajanaka Rama

The First Flow called The Instruction Concerning the Tenability of (the Self's) Independent Existence

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Stanza Five

Stanza Six and Seven

Stanza Eight

Stanza Nine

Stanza Ten

Stanza Eleven

Stanza Twelve

Stanza Thirteen

Stanza Fourteen

Stanza Fifteen

Stanza Sixteen

The Second Flow called The Direct Perception of One's Own Independent Nature

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Stanza Eighteen

Stanza Nineteen, Twenty, and Twenty-One

Stanza Twenty-Two

Stanza Twenty-Three and Twenty-Four

Stanza Twenty-Five

Stanza Twenty-Six and Twenty-Seven

The Third Flow called The Tenability of the Power of One's Own Universal Nature

Stanza Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Nine, and Thirty

The Fourth Flow called The Perception of Unity

Stanza Thirty-One

Stanza Thirty-Two

Stanza Thirty-Three and Thirty-Four

Stanza Thirty-Five

Stanza Thirty-Six and Thirty-Seven

Stanza Thirty-Eight

Stanza Thirty-Nine

Stanza Forty

Stanza Forty-One

Stanza Forty-Two

Stanza Forty-Three

Stanza Forty-Four

Stanza Forty-Five

Stanza Forty-Six

Stanza Forty-Seven

Stanza Forty-Eight

Stanza Forty-Nine and Fifty

Stanza Fifty-One

Stanza Fifty-Two

Condusion

Chapter 11. The Stanzas on Vibration with a Commentary called the Lamp of Spanda, the SpandaPradipika , by Bhagavadutpala

Introductory Verses

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Stanza Five

Stanza Six and Seven

Stanza Eight

Stanza Nine

Stanza Ten

Stanza Eleven

Stanza Twelve and Thirteen

Stanza Fourteen

Stanza Fifteen

Stanza Sixteen

Stanza Seventeen

Stanza Eighteen

Stanza Nineteen

Stanza Twenty

Stanza Twenty-One

Stanza Twenty-Two

Stanza Twenty-Three, Twenty-Four, and Twenty-Five

Stanza Twenty-Six

Stanza Twenty-Seven

Stanza Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine

Stanza Thirty

Stanza Thirty-One

Stanza Thirty-Two

Stanza Thirty-Three and Thirty-Four

Stanza Thirty-Five

Stanza Thirty-Six and Thirty-Seven

Stanza Thirty-Eight

Stanza Thirty-Nine

Stanza Forty

Stanza Forty-One

Stanza Forty-Two

Stanza Forty-Three

Stanza Forty-Four

Stanza Forty-Five

Stanza Forty-Six

Stanza Forty-Seven

Stanza Forty-Eight

Stanza Forty-Nine and Fifty

Stanza Fifty-One

Stanza Fifty-Two

Stanza Fifty-Three

Chapter 12. Exposition of the Stanzas

Stanza One

Stanza Two

Stanza Three

Stanza Four

Stanza Five

Stanza Six and Seven

Stanza Eight

Stanza Nine

Stanza Ten

Stanza Eleven

Stanza Twelve and Thirteen

Stanza Fourteen

Stanza Fifteen and Sixteen

Stanza Seventeen

Stanza Eighteen

Stanza Nineteen, Twenty, and Twenty-One

Stanza Twenty-Two

Stanza Twenty-Three, Twenty-Four, and Twenty-Five

Stanza Twenty-Six and Twenty-Seven

Stanza Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine

Stanza Thirty

Stanza Thirty-One

Stanza Thirty-Two

Stanza Thirty-Three, Thirty-Four, and Thirty-Five

Stanza Thirty-Six and Thirty-Seven

Stanza Thirty-Eight

Stanza Thirty-Nine

Stanza Forty

Stanza Forty-One

Stanza Forty-Two

Stanza Forty-Three

Stanza Forty-Four

Stanza Forty-Five, Forty-Six, and Forty-Seven

Stanza Forty-Eight

Stanza Forty-Nine and Fifty

Part III Aspects of Spanda Yoga

Chapter 13. The Means to Realization

Chapter 14. The Transition of the Moment and the Sixteen Phases of Perception

Chapter 15. The Principles of Passion, Pervasion, and the Stainless

Part IV Appendices

Appendix 1. The Sources

Appendix 2. Location of References to the Stanzas on Vibration

Appendix 3. The Sanskrit Text of the SpandaKarika

Notes

Bibliography

Index