Author(s): Dorman, Eric Robert
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 157
Title page......Page 1
Abstract......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 10
Note on Transliteration and Capitalization......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
The Word in the Vedas and Upanisads......Page 23
Bhartrhari's Concept of the Word......Page 26
The Stages of the Word......Page 29
The Notion of X+1......Page 33
Sakti and Divine Consciousness......Page 34
CHAPTER III: SAIVA-CENTERED TANTRA AND KASHMIR SAIVISM......Page 37
Tattvas......Page 43
Mahasrsti......Page 47
Matrka......Page 50
Malini......Page 52
The Gross Emanation......Page 54
The Emanation in Greater Detail......Page 56
The Vowels: R, R, L, and L (The Vocalic Liquids)......Page 69
The Vowels: E, AI, O, and AU......Page 74
The Vowels: Bindu......Page 78
The Vowels: Visarga......Page 81
The Consonants: Ka to Ksa......Page 86
The Consonants: The Semi-Vowels......Page 92
The Consonants: Usman and Ksa......Page 95
CHAPTER IV: SRlVIDYA......Page 99
The Sricakra......Page 100
The Emanation of the Sanskrit Alphabet......Page 107
Bindu......Page 110
Trikona......Page 114
Vasukona......Page 118
The Two Sets of Ten Minor Triangles......Page 121
The Outer Set of Fourteen Minor Triangles......Page 126
The Lotus Petals......Page 129
CHAPTER V: PANCARATRA......Page 133
General Understanding of the Sanskrit Alphabet......Page 134
The Emanation of the Alphabet......Page 137
The Vowels......Page 139
The Consonants......Page 144
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 149
REFERENCES......Page 153
