The Kashmir

Series OfTexts & Studies.

No.
73
.KARMAKANDA-KRAMAVALI
By
SRI
SOMASHAMBHU
(Outlines briefly
the
procedure
of
Shaivaistic
Sandhya,
Diksha
and other
ritual.)*
General Editor.
J. D. ZADOO-
1947
A.D.
RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
Srinagar,
.
The
Kashmir
Series OfTexts & Studies.
No. LXXIIL
KAKMAKANDA-KKAMAVALI
By
Sri Somashambhu
(Outlines briefly
the
procedure
of
Shaivaistic
Sandhya,
Diksha,
& other
ritual.)
Edited
Critically
By
Pandit
Jagaddhar Zadoo,
M.A.,M.
OX., Shastri,
*
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Research,
Museum and
Archaeological Department,
His
Highness'
Govt.
J
& K
Srinagar
Published under the
authority
of ihe
Government of
His
Highness Rajarajeshwara
j&daharajadhiraja
Sri
Maharaja
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Bahadur
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Maharaja
of Jaromu & Kashmir-
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FOREWORD
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present
edition of the
Karmakanda-
kramavali
by
Somashambhu
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as
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LXXIII
of the
Kashmir
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and
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having
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Ashada
1920
Anno
Vikrami.
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The
Karmakandakramavali is
a small com-
pendium
based on the
Shaiva ritualistic lite-
2
rature. The author has drawn
extensively
upon
the ancient works such as
Lilavati,
Ma-
heshottara, Svacchanda,
Parameshvara and
other Shastras of this
type.
In
conception
this work is
throughout
Shaivite
and
lays
down rules and
regulations pertaining
to the
daily practices
of an orthodox
Hiudu,
who
is a
rigid
follower of the Tantric
system.
Principal subje3ts
thit find treatment in
the
body
of the boob are enumerated below:-
S\
T
ANA. The elaborate
procedure
to be
adopted
in five kinds of
Snanas,
namely-Mala,
Vidhi
Varuna,
Agneya,
Mahendra, Pavana,
Mantra and Manasa is described .in detail.
Out of these the Mala consists in
employing
earth, like
soap,
to remove all dirt
that
may
have
accumulated on the
body,
it is a kind
of
preparatory
bath taken before the
prin-
cipal
one i. e, Vidhi Snana
(obligatory bath).
The Varuna is the bath with
water
(as
Va-
runa is the lord' of
water)
which is to be
taken if one touches a
pigeon,
fowl, mur-
derer,
crow, heron,
ass, hors3,
cat, pig.
vul-
ture,
cancel,
cremation
ground,
an
out-cast,
a
corpse, #nd
a women who has
recently
delivered. The
Agneya,
which
consists in
smearing
the
body
with
ashes,
is
ordained
3
to be taken when one comes in contact with
dirty
women, eunuchs, Shudras.
cats and
mice. The Mahendra consists in
wetting
one's
body
with
rain,
accompanied
with sunshine;
Pavana,
in
taking
on the
body
the dust rai
sed
by
the hoofs of
cows;
Mantra in
sprink-
ling
water with the mantra sn^rcF etc.,
and
Manasa,
in
reflecting
on God Shiva,
prior
to
taking breathing
exercises
(srqjRrro).
TARPANA,
a
subsidiary
constituent
part
of Snana consists
according
to the
present
work,
in
offering
water to the
mantra-deities,
gods, sages,
seven
superhuman persons
Sanaka
etc,
spirits,
Manes,
Quarters,
Guardians
of
the
Quarters,
Siddhas, Mothers, Planets,
Ra-
kshasas and
Acharyas.
BHO
JAN
A,
One should sit down to eat
food in one line with those who
belong
to
his own caste.
The vessels or
plates
in which
the food is to be taken' should be made of
gold,
silver,
copper
and iron
respectively
for
Acharya,
Sadaka,
Putra
and
Samayin
In ab
sence of inetalware,
leaves of
Palasha,
lotus
etc.
may
be
used,
but those of
Vata,
Ash-
watha etc,
are to be avoided
It further
pres-
cribes some
injunctions
about the
quantity
of food to be eaten and the method of ta-
king
water.
Similarly
such
tbpics
as
Bhakshyabhak-
shya (what
food
'-
should one
partake
or tiat
not). Antyesfrti' (funeral rites),
Shraddha
(rites
performed
'for the deceased
ancestors)?
Prayashchitta (expiation)
,-Pratishtha (
dedica-
tion of works of
public utility
and of tem-
ples
and
shrines)
and
-
Diksha
(
consecration
)
are described in
greater
or less detail.
It is usual
with;
the
mediaeval authors
from Kashmir to
give-
dates
'
in
Saptarshi,
Kali or Shaka
eras,
but the
present
work
records its date iti
-
the Vikrami Samvat. We
can,
therefore,
safely presume
that our author
does not
belong
to
Kashmir.
,
He flousihed
in the latter half of the Hth
century
A.
D.
as is
clearly bq^e out.by
the
following colophon:.
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RW
i
stow
The
colophon
mentioned above
besides
giving
the date
(Anno
Vikrami
1130
corres-
ponding
to
A
D,
1078)
of the
completion
of the
composition
of the
present
text
enu-
merates the line of teachers of the initiates,
First
among
them comes
Iseana.
His
disciple
is said to be
Vimalesha,
Shiva is the third
in the line of teachers
i, e,
the
disciple
of
Vimalesha and the teacher of Sonu
Shambhu,
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