Cakra-samvara Tantra-m [‘wheel-magic loom’]
(S`ri-Heruka Abhidhana), Chapters I to XIX [concerning mantra]
p. 160 (cap. I) ingredients of soma
ingredient |
honey |
vermilion |
camphor |
red-sandalwood |
p. 162 (cap. I) places for the man.d.ala, with their significations according to Indrabhuti
place |
in natural world (p. 162, fn. 27) |
in body (p. 163, fn. 27) |
in metaphysics (p. 163, fn. 27) |
mountains |
virtues |
avadhuti |
dharmata ("reality") |
gah-vara (‘thicket, cave’) |
fruits & flowers |
72,000 nad.i-s |
measureless origin |
groves |
medicines |
seminal essence |
bodhi-paks.ika-dharma (aids to awakening) |
river-banks |
islands |
channel-wheels |
intuition free of extremes |
charnel-grounds |
blessed |
natural gnosis |
8 pure hosts of consciousness |
p. 169 (cap. II) contents of the black ritual-vases
pearls |
gold |
jewels |
coral |
silver |
copper |
foods |
p. 175 (cap. III) fee paid to the guru initiating into the man.d.ala
100,000 pieces of gold, treasures |
100 suits of clothing |
elephants, horses |
earrings, bracelets, necklaces, ring |
golden sacrificial-thread |
one’s wife, daughters, sister |
p. 175 (cap. III) siddhi (‘powers’) granted by D.akini, Lama, Khan.d.a-roha, Rupin.i
technical term |
{sexual application} |
unhindered in the 3 worlds |
not susceptible to being captured |
invisibility |
{so as to rape women, etc.} |
bila (‘hole, pit’) [= patala-siddhi, according to commentator] |
{places for hiding one’s self (in ambush in praeparation for raping women)} |
ud-tis.t.ha (causing the dead to rise, fn. 14) |
{resurrecting dead women so as to rape them} |
flight |
{flying up (as did Aniruddha) into apartment of woman in upper storey of building, so as to rape her} |
foot-unguent (for rapid travel) |
{swiftness in pursuing fleeing women {(as, e.g., Apollon pursued Daphne)} |
al-chemy |
{can change one’s body supernaturally, to trick women into thinking one is her husband} |
pp. 178-179 (cap. IV) the 24 d.akini-s
p. |
d.akini |
178 |
Maha-virya (‘great heroinism’) |
Cakra-vartini (‘wheel-turneress’) |
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Maha-bala (‘great strength’) |
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Su-vira (‘good heroine’) |
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Cakra-varmin.i |
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S`aun.d.ini |
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Khan.d.a-roha |
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Cakra-vega (‘wheel-velocity’) |
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Khaga-anana |
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Haya-karn.a |
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Su-bhadra (‘goodly auspicious’) |
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S`yama-devi |
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Sura-bhaks.i (‘wine-enjoyeress’) |
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Vayu-vega (‘wind-velocity’) |
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Maha-bhairava |
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Airavati (‘descendant of goddess Iravati-Viraj’) |
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Druma-cchaya (‘tree-shade’) |
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Lanka-is`vari |
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Kharvari |
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Vira-mati |
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Maha-nasa (‘great nose’) |
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Prabha-vati |
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179 |
Can.d.a-aks.i (‘fierce-eyed') |
Pra-can.d.a |
pp. 184-185 (cap. V) kara-kara dharan.i, to threaten the serpent of the 7 underworlds
pp. 184-185, fn. 15 kara kuru bandha trasaya ks.obhaya hraum hras phem phat. daha paca bhaks.a ... akad.d.ha hrim jn~aum ks.mam ham him hum kili sili cili dhili |
p. 184 make do bind tremble perturb [expletives] burn cook enjoy ... |
pp. 186-187 (cap. VI) the 6 limbs of the 6 heroes
p. 186, fn. 2 |
p. 186 |
p. 187 |
p. 187, fn. 5 |
HA |
OM |
heart |
Vajra-sattva |
HI |
NAMAS |
head |
Vai-rocana |
HU |
SVAHA |
crown |
Padma-narta-is`vara on crest |
HE |
VAUS.AT |
armor |
S`ri-Heruka on shoulders |
HO |
HUM-HUM |
eye |
Vajra-surya |
HAM |
PHAT. |
weapon |
Haya-griva |
p. 195 (cap. VIII) the 6 syllables of the 6 bodily sites of the 6 yogini-s
p. 195 syllable |
p. 195, fn. 8 yogini |
p. 195, fn. 8 site |
VAM |
Vajra-varahi |
navel |
YOM |
Yamini |
heart |
MOM |
Mohani |
throat |
HRIM |
Sam-calani |
head |
HUM |
Trasani |
crown |
PHAT. |
Can.d.ika |
all limbs |
pp. 198-200 (cap. IX) ritual actions of the mula-mantra
p. |
ritual action |
p. |
explication |
198 |
"The superior man is one who consorts with women who gather the soma emitted in the course of the mouth-eagle." |
198, fn. 11 |
"mukhagarud.a ... refers to a position in which a woman is ... squatting, with her legs spread ..., a position ... with the Kaula rajapana ceremony ... [according to Jayabhadra :-] This means that, having taken the seminal essence ..., one should deliver it into the mouth of the goddess." |
199-200 |
"Whomever is struck by enchanted ash will be seized by a goblin (pis`aca). |
200, fn. 15 |
[according to Jayabhadra :-] "Cutting the branch on the southern side of a Vibhitaka tree (Terminalia bellerica) with a can.d.ala’s axe, incinerate it in a charnel ground ... Extinguish it with donkey urine". |
200 |
The name of whomever one writes at night with charnel ground char will be seized by a great astral spirit. |
200, fn. 16 |
maha-graha (‘great planet’) = Rahu (ascending node of moon’s orbit) |
Whomever is struck by a once-enchanted atimukha creeper will come at once ... |
200, fn. 17 |
Gaertnera racemosa, a creeper with fragrant white flowers |
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Whomever is hit with a once-enchanted pebble ... will go wherever one wishes. |
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If one enchants bdellium ... incense, ... all beings ... become entranced. |
200, fn. 18 |
guggula, fragrant resin from shrubs of the Balsamodendron [according to Viravajra :- "with ... the four hooves of a he-goat, ... the d.akinis possess all sentient beings." (p. 200, fn. 19)] |
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Covering one’s mouth ..., one will drive out the sting of death (kaladas.t.am). |
200, fn. 20 |
"the bite of the venomous black snake (sbrul nag po)." {or, could it be the sting of the black scorpion?} |
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... arrested with once-enchanted water sealed by the d.akinis’ seal. |
201, fn. 21 |
"Enchant water ..., and insert the evil spirit’s name in the heart of a simulacrum of the evil spirit. ... the evil spirit will be immobilized." |
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200 |
With once-enchanted karavira creepers one can transfer to a womb wherever one wishes." |
201, fn. 22 |
Nerium odorum, the sweet oleandre |
p. 205 (cap. X) forms assumed by one through jn~ana (gnosis) of the dharma-kaya (reality-body)
elephant, water buffalo, gayal-ox, tigre, lion, bull, rabbit, cat, camel; peafowl, chicken, goose, duck, crane, owl, hawk, vulture, crow |
pp. 209-213 (cap. XII) ritual action of the quintessence
p. |
action |
209 |
"Take the skin of the sole of the foot of the corpse of a hero, ... and insert antimony |
210 |
... during the Pus.ya lunar mansion". {Pus.ya is the favorite naks.atra of the Kaka-can.d.i-is`vara Kalpa-tantra} |
213 |
"One will develop an adamantine body." |
pp. 215-216 (cap. XIII) armor-mantra
p. |
enchant __ 1000 times |
p. |
in order to transform others into __ |
215 |
sap of a coral-tree |
216 |
tree |
216 |
dust of an elephant’s foot |
216 |
elephant |
pp. 217-220 (cap. XIV) ass-magic
p. |
ass |
217 |
The 4 yogini-s Lama, Rupin.i, D.akini, Kha.d.aroha "have ... donkey-shaped, bloody faces." |
218, fn. 3 |
[sadhana by Jayabhadra :] "Produce an image of the donkey form, made of rice-paste, ... and rub it with sesame oil ..., and its mouth trickling blood." |
218 |
"If successful, one will foresee the end of one’s life, and also the length of one’s life." |
make a complete ass of one’s self {cf. Golden Ass by Apuleius} |
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219 |
"Then he will be seen as he was before, as a donkey or even as an elephant. {here, "elephant" may be a mis-translation or alternate for "dragon" or "snake" : the snake being bitten by the ass in a vignette (depicted in EHH, vol. 3, p. 113), the serpent devouring the bread of the Boat of the Land (EHH, vol. 3, p. 115), so that the bloody faces (of p. 217) may be have resulted by being bitten by the snake.} The yogin sees here his form in a previous life, ... which he can invoke." |
220 |
[according to Virabhadra] "the donkey’s form is like the flower of a banana tree {a banana-flower, opening downwards, may be compared with st. Petros, crucified head-downwards : /PeTRo-/ is derivable from /PTo^R/, native city of the ass-riding prophet Bil<am}, abiding for liberation in the center of the navel, [on] a lotus [like] a bull’s hoof." {cf. bull-footed Zeus; double-bull-headed tunnel of the WIL-TL ‘boat of the land’ (EHH, vol. 3, p. 126)} |
EHH = E. A. Wallis Budge : The Egyptian Heaven and Hell. London, 1905.
pp. 222-225 (cap. XV) consonant + vowel abbreviations of words
p. |
syllable |
its signification |
222 |
D.A |
person |
D.I |
woman |
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PU |
restraint |
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SU |
eating |
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223 |
MA |
mother |
YO |
wife |
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BHI |
sister |
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VI |
girlfriend |
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LU |
daughter |
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STRI |
blood |
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SO |
drinking soma |
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PE |
beverage |
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PI (fn. 5) |
meat |
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BHA |
eating |
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BHU |
meeting-place |
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S`I (fn. 6) |
charnel-ground |
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DU |
corpse |
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HI (fn. 8) |
yogini |
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223-4 |
GA |
Lama |
224 |
TRI |
Rupin.i |
KU |
D.akini |
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HA |
Khan.d.a-roha |
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JA |
both shanks |
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KA |
both forearms |
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BHA |
(salutation) |
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SU |
welcome |
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MI |
fish |
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BHA [again!] |
eating |
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BHYO |
fasting |
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PE [again!] |
drinkable |
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GA [again!] |
approachable |
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KA |
desirable |
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225 |
SA |
virtuous woman |
RA |
ran.d.a (‘slut’) |
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DU |
wicked woman |
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SU [again!] |
su-bhaga (‘beautiful woman’) |
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NA |
ugly woman |
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SA [again!] |
samayin (‘committed’) |
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A |
uncommitted (‘a-samayin’) |
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A |
a-gatam (‘having come’) |
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N.A |
an-a-gatam (‘not having come’) |
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SO |
sat-jana acarya (‘virtuous teacher’) |
pp. 227-229 (cap. XVI) characteristics of the 7 yogini-s
p. |
clan |
her color |
her plant-portion |
color of her clothing |
her favorite fragrance |
227 |
lineage |
pale |
waterlily-root |
white |
sandalwood |
heroic |
golden |
red-&-yellow |
jasmine & campaka |
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227-8 |
rudra |
dark-blue |
indivara |
indigo |
utpala |
228 |
vira-mati |
white |
waterlily-petals |
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vajra |
pale-yellow |
red |
jasmine & utpala |
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229 |
tatha-gata |
yellow & dark-blue |
white |
s`iris.a |
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vai-rocana |
reddish |
reddish |
camphor |
p. 229, n. 19 gods of the occupations, according to Kambala (SN 35a)
# |
god |
occupation |
1st |
Vai-rocana |
brahmin |
2nd |
Ratna[-sambhava] |
can.d.ala |
3rd |
Amita-abha |
dancers |
4th |
A-mogha-siddhi |
dyers |
5th |
A-ks.obhya |
d.ombi [‘washers’] |
6th |
Vajra-sattva |
ks.atriya |
7th |
Heruka |
s`udra |
pp. 232-235 (cap. XVII) assembly of all the yogini-s & d.akini-s
p. |
yogini or d.akini |
pp. 233-4 trait |
p. 235 emblem |
232 |
Yamini (night) |
skull |
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Trasani (trembleress) |
axe |
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Kamini (desired) |
tusk |
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Bhima (formidable) |
wheel |
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Rupa (shapely) |
armor |
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Samcara (transitrix) |
banner |
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Bhasura (radiant) |
sword |
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Varahi (sow) as the 8th (p. 235, fn. 30) |
knife (p. 235, fn. 29) |
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233 |
Rupika |
servitrix (fn. 19) |
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Cumbika (‘kisseress’) |
sin-destructrix |
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233-4 |
Lama |
frowneress |
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234 |
Khan.d.a-roha |
laugheress |
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Ani-varta |
distraught, with rod of aru (Lagerstroemia regina) tree |
pp. 236-238 (cap. XVIII) signs of each yogini clan
p. |
236 |
236 |
237 |
237 |
237-8 |
238 |
clan |
Padma-narta-is`vara |
Vajra / S`ri-Heruka |
Vajra-Varahi |
Khan.d.a-roha |
S`ri-Heruka |
Vi-nayaka |
emblem depicted |
waterlily |
vajra |
wheel |
vajra |
skull |
axe |
adornment |
trident & spear |
headband |
vajra |
lance & drop |
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intent |
goat / chicken |
bathing |
royalty |
charnel |
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nature |
placid |
courageous |
haughty |
fearless |
cruel |
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teeth |
buck-toothed |
baring left incisors |
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color |
reddish golden |
dark-blue & pale |
kohl-dark |
golden yellow |
kohl |
cloud-colored |
pp. 239-242 (cap. XIX) yogini-s & their gestures
p. |
239-40 |
240-1 |
241 |
241 |
242 |
"__ lama" |
S`riya (‘glory’ – p. 240, fn. 6) |
Loka-is`vari |
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S`ri-Heruki |
Vajra-varahi |
physique |
bearded |
gaping |
curly-haired |
short |
hairy-limbed |
color |
campaka-yellow |
reddish-golden |
black; cloud-color |
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facial feature |
long eyebrows |
prominent lips |
dimpled cheeks |
large mouth; large lower lip; broken nose |
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eyen color |
reddish-yellow |
greenish-yellow |
dark-yellow |
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clothing color |
variegated |
red |
yellow |
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article of clothing |
turban |
mantle |
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night of month |
10th |
8th & 14th |
14th |
14th |
11th |
emblem |
red-waterlily |
lance |
vajra |
tusk |
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gesture to her |
padma (red-waterlily); or, kurma (turtle) |
lance; also, left foot up |
spear; also, bell |
wheel; also, conch |
naga (dragon); also, spear |
counter-gesture by her |
antelope-hide; or, water-jar |
turning to the left |
turning to the left |
turning to the left |
turning to the left |
David B. Gray (tr.) : The Cakrasamvara Tantra (S`riherukabhidhana). American Institute of Buddhist Studies, Columbia U, NY, 2007. pp. 155-242.