LSBhasya 11.

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11. Having the arrows of the five subtle elements

(pancatanmatrasayaka).

 

The svacchandasamgraha says: “By the qualities of sound, etc.

the elements are to be decided.... etc.†The five subtle elements,

namely sound touch, etc. are the arrows: these are in her upper right

hand. The Vamakesvaratantra says, “ sound, touch, and other subtle

elements are her arrows and mind her bow.†The Kadimata also says: “

The arrows are of three kinds â€" gross, subtle and supreme; the gross

are the flowers, the subtle are the mantras, and the supreme are the

vasanas. The gross arrows are the five flowers, the lotus, the Rakta-

karavira, the Kalhara, the Indivara and the Mango-flower.†The kalika

Pr. describes them thus: “ causing joy, pleasing, causing confusion,

causing to fade and causing death are the five arrows which produce

confusion even in ascetics.†The Jnanarnava says: “ confusion,

putting to fight , attracting, controlling and causing madness are

the names of the arrows.†The Tantraraja saysa: “ exciting,

maddening, confusing, stimulating, and causing to fade are the five

arrows.â€

Again these names (8 to 12) contain the weapon mantras . The word

ragasva (of 8th) can be divided into ra+aga+sva. Aga means sthanu

i.e. Siva whose letter is ha. The lexicon says, “ Ha means

Siva,ether, and sthanu†( a post and one of the aspects of Siva).

Sva, i with bindu(m). Thus the subtle form of the noose is the

mantra formed by combining ra ha and i with the Bindu; of course ra

follows ha as usual . Krodhakara, etc.(9th) kro+dha+a =krodha. The

word kara joins at the end of each of the three; ankusa, i.e. the

word anusvara(m).

Manorupa, etc.(10th) manas means tha. The lexicon says, “tha

means the ruler of the right nose and mindâ€. Kodanda anusvara (m).

The Kosa says, “ Kodanda means anusvara .†The names 9,10 and 11

contains da, ra, ka, la, ya, sa and va, and a, i, u with bindu.

When combined according to the rules, these give the bija (seed

letter) of the mantras of the weapons. The division of the bijas

for the weapons can only be learned from the guru.