Yasastilaka and Indian Culture

SR No.: 001609
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Krishnakant Handiqui
Publisher: Jain Sanskruti Samrakshak Sangh Solapur
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 566
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Story, Literature, & Culture
File Size: 16 MB

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YASASTILAKA AND INDIAN CULTURE
jñānam ) seems to refer to the state of samadhi, in which the devotee no longer perceives the objects of the world and becomes united with the Supreme Soul. The Teacher free from worldly phenomena' (prapanca-rahito guruh) is the religious preceptor, who is identified with Śiva, and, in the ultimate resort, Siva himself. The indispensable and inseparable connection between Siva and Sakti, set forth by Haraprabodha, is frequently emphasized in Saiva texts and forms a fundamental dogma of the Saiva system,
The Vāmamārga or the Lefthand Path devised by Siva is described as leading to pleasure as well as salvation, and corresponds to the grosser aspect of the Tantric cult. The following verse is cited by Haraprabodha to illustrate the Vámamārga (Vol II, p. 251):
___ अग्निवत् सर्वभक्षोऽपि भवभक्तिपरायणः । भुक्तिं जीवनवामोति मुक्तिं तु लभते मृतः ॥ One who is devoted to Siva obtains pleasure in life and release on death, even though he is omnivorous like Fire.'
The verse quoted from the poet Bhāsa' as a further illustration of the Vāmamārga advocates the pleasures of love and wine, an the picture of the Path as one of gross sensualism combined with devotion to Siva. It goes without saying that the Advaita school of Saivism condemns the Vāmamārga as non-Vedic and hindering the rise of true knowledge. The former school glorifies bhakti, and asserts that it is Siva,
ed with Sakti, that vouchsafes joy as well as liberation, and shines in the hearts of those who are sincerely devoted to him.?
Sudatta's reply to Haraprabodha provides a good example of Jaina
c against Saivism, and enables us to have an idea of the chief points at issue between the two schools of thought. The following verse quoted by
1 q naifo TTIÊ Farfait a zte iftua: qtuet 791 HRT #7: || Ibid. (verse 25). Also
FET ETGE Encaifoga carta a la faf Ag af farfarerea Ibid. 2 FITTE TEHNIT TOTT FETTE I Tota: qfarat TFFİ FART: 11 Sivapurāņa (Vidye
śvarasanihitā 16. 84). The conception of Siva as Acă rya ogcurs in Bhoja's Tattvaprakāśa 1. 15 (ara atata taariare:). Cf. 7 faraa faar Titint tefta: fata: I SHTAT T: TTTT #qrta Sütasamhita Yajñavaibhavakhanda 13. 30). va TESTUA 37 fitffitat: fela: 1 fa faat Tiia 74 a fal fata: 11 Sivapurāna (Vāyaviyasanhitā 5. 12), TETASFÁTIT C
Ibid. (verse 37). 4 fifted 2HANT: CATT:'(Printed text reads haa:) P, 251, 5 Seo Chap. XVIII. 6 HITTTTTTTTH PLATITI TRIT: 3724 SETTCTTTTTE 11 Sūtasanhita (Muktikhanda
6.12). 7 भक्तियुक्तजनचित्तपङ्कजे मुक्तिमुक्तिफलदः पुरातनः । शक्तियुक्तपरविग्रहः शिवः सत्यमेव सततं प्रकाशते || Yajha.
vaibhavakhanda 26. 39. The chapter in question deals with Sivabhakti,