Kubjikamatatantra [sanskrit]

27,635 words | ISBN-10: 8186569421 | ISBN-13: 9788186569429

The Sanskrit edition of the Kubjikamatatantra: an ancient and authoritative text exposing the Goddess Kubjika and belonging to the Kaula tradition praised in Tantric Shaktism and Shaivism. The extant Kubjikamata-tantra contains roughly 3,000 shlokas (metrical verses), although traditionally the text is derived from a version containing 24,000 verses (or even more). It is known also by the names Kubjinimata or Anamamata

Verse 25.1

एन्दोf मण्डलविधान इन्सेर्तिओन् श्रीकुब्जिका उवाच ।
पञ्चात्मानः कथं देव संस्थितः कतमः शिवः ।
किन्नियोगरता देव किम्प्रमाणं व्यवस्थिताः ॥ १ ॥

endof maṇḍalavidhāna insertion śrīkubjikā uvāca |
pañcātmānaḥ kathaṃ deva saṃsthitaḥ katamaḥ śivaḥ |
kinniyogaratā deva kimpramāṇaṃ vyavasthitāḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Kubjikamatatantra Verse 25.1 is contained in the book A Journey in the World of the Tantras by Mark S.G. Dyczkowski. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (25.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mandala, Shri, Kubjika, Panca, Mana, Katham, Katha, Deva, Samsthita, Kata, Shiva, Kimpramana, Vyavasthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Kubjikamatatantra Verse 25.1). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “endof maṇḍalavidhāna insertion śrīkubjikā uvāca
  • Cannot analyse endof*ma
  • maṇḍala -
  • maṇḍala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    maṇḍala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidhāna* -
  • Cannot analyse insertion*śr
  • śrī -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • kubjikā* -
  • kubjikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • uvāca -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “pañcātmānaḥ kathaṃ deva saṃsthitaḥ katamaḥ śivaḥ
  • pañcāt -
  • pañca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    pañca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • mānaḥ -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • deva -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    devan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    div (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • saṃsthitaḥ -
  • saṃsthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • katam -
  • kata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • śivaḥ -
  • śiva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “kinniyogaratā deva kimpramāṇaṃ vyavasthitāḥ
  • Cannot analyse kinniyogaratā*de
  • deva -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    devan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    div (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kimpramāṇam -
  • kimpramāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kimpramāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kimpramāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vyavasthitāḥ -
  • vyavasthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vyavasthitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Kubjikamatatantra Verse 25.1

Cover of edition (2004)

A Journey in the World of the Tantras
by Mark S.G. Dyczkowski (2004)

[Indica Books, Varanasi]

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