Śiva Sūtras: The Yoga of Supreme Identity : Text of the Sūtras and the Commentary Vimarśinī of Kṣemarāja Translated Into English with Introduction, Notes, Running Exposition, Glossary and IndexSiva Sutras are considered to be a revealed book of the Yoga: supreme identity of the individual self with the Divine. Dr. Jaideva Singh has studied the book with the help of his guru Swami Laksmana Joo, the sole surviving exponent of this system in Kashmir and has provided an English Translation of the Sutras together with the commentary of Ksemaraja. Each Sutra is given in Devanagari as well as in Roman Script. Then the meaning of every word of the Sutra is given in English, followed by a translation of the whole Sutra. This is followed by the Vimarsini Commentary in Sanskrit and its English translation, copious notes on important and technical words and a running exposition of the main ideas of the Sutra. A long introduction, together with an abstract of each Sutra, throws a flood of light on the entire system of Saiva Yoga. A Glossary of technical terms and index are appended for the convenience of the reader. Contents Dedicated, Blessing, Preface, Introduction, Siva Sutras-Text and commentary, Section I-III Sambhavopaya, Conclusion, Glossary of Technical Terms, Subject Index, Index to important Sanskrit Words, Alphabetical Index to the sutras. |
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... Running Exposition, Glossary and Index Vasugupta, Jaideva Singh. 2 .
Ānanda or Absolute bliss . This is also called svātantrya , In this aspect , the
Supreme is known as Śakti . Cit and ānanda are the very svarūpa or nature of
Parama Śiva .
This is known as layabhāvanā . Or one should think that Kālāgni Rudra is arising
from the toe of the right foot and burning the whole body . This is known as
dāhabhāvanā . This is really a kind of sākta technique . By these means , the citta
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... vindu existing in the womb of Śakti assumes a straight position by the union of
the churner ( Śiva ) and that which is churned ( Śakti ) . The Śakti that passes into
the middle of the two vindus ( viz . of Śiva and Śakti ) is known as Jyeșthā ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 15 |
The Philosophical Background of the SivaSūtras | v |
Bondage | xv |
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| Title | Śiva Sūtras: The Yoga of Supreme Identity : Text of the Sūtras and the Commentary Vimarśinī of Kṣemarāja Translated Into English with Introduction, Notes, Running Exposition, Glossary and Index |
| Authors | Vasugupta, Jaideva Singh |
| Editor | Jaideva Singh |
| Translated by | Jaideva Singh |
| Compiled by | Jaideva Singh |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 293 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Hinduism / General |
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