[Y-Indology] About paJcamukha

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Dear Vidya

 

I am thanking for your information. In Sangiitaratnaakara, we can see the

following correspondence:

sadyojaata => naagabandha

vaamadeva => svastika

aghora => alagna

tatpuruSa => zuddhi

iizaana => samaskhalita

Among the above paaTa, naagbandha and svastika are concretely describedin

Paarzvadeva's Sangiitasamayasaara,

which would be junior contemporary. The svastika is in 6. 91 and 92ab, and

the naagabandha in 6. 95 and 96ab

For example, svastika is as follows

tho thoM thoM nakiTenaapi kaTataTyaasamanvitaH/

ekatra svastikaakaarakaraabhyaaM svastiko bhavet// 91

yathaa thonakiTa kiTataka, thonakiTatakkiTa, takkiTa takkiTa,

thonakiTathonakiTa,

tho thoM kiTataka, thonakiTakiTakiTa, taki tho thoM kiTa, tatthoM thoM thoM,

thoMkiTatakithoM, thonakiTakiTataka, thonakiTakiTataki, thonakiTakiTataki,

thonakiTakiTataki

yatra SoDaza maatraabhir yukto 'yaM svasthiko bhavet/92ab

 

According to Bharatakoza, svastika is said to be described in Sangiitaraaja

(might be in unpublished part).

 

Besides there are some notes on Sangiitaratnakara. It, however, might not

clarify our question.

Of course, I will investigate the more concrete musical image of these paaTa.

Thank you

 

Yasuhiro Okazaki

 

At 6:23 PM +0000 04.2.20, Vidya wrote:

>The only relation between paaTa and the Pa~Ncamukha that I've come

>across in a relatively later text (when compared to the ratnAkara)

>that describes the Pa~Ncamukha vAdhyam - (a ritualistic drum with

>five faces each of which originated from a face of Shiva) tradition

>at the tiruvarur temple.There is a mention of svasti paaTa which is

>said to have been enunciated by Nandi.

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>However I have'nt been able to find any details on what exactly this

>svasti paaTA means and if there are any other musical or other

>religious or literary references to this or any other paaTas of the

>Pa~Ncamukha vAdhyam.

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