Early Tantric Medicine – Michael Slouber

And this Kulika of fierce form is known as Death. Place the seven nāgas in the squares in proper order, again and again. Ananta is located first and Śaṅkhapāla is last according to proper location. The seven days and nights of the week are separately divided into half-prahara periods.30 One should attend to which half-prahara period Kulika eclipses at a given time.31 He burns it instantly,32 and he is always ascendent at the two twilights. Thirty breaths are divided by three, then again divided by three in due order (= 3.33 breaths or 13.3 seconds).

This is the measure of time present in the arising of each nāga.33 On every Sunday, my calf, Kulika is always active during the ascension of Karkoṭa and during the half-prahara period of Mahāpadma. On Mondays, the terrible Kulika always enjoys three times: the ascension of Śaṇkhapāla, Mahāpadma, and Padma.34 On Tuesday, Kulika’s active periods are again Śaṇkhapāla’s ascension and the half-prahara period of Padma—there is no doubt. And on Wednesday, Kulika’s active time would be during the half-prahara period of Śaṅkhapāla. This period, among all the times, quickly deprives one of his vital breaths.

On Thursday, it is declared that Kulika corrupts the period of Padma, Śaṅkhapāla, and likewise Takṣaka. On Friday too, it is declared to be the same, and also the ascension of Śaṅkhapāla. One bitten during these periods, even if it was by a worm, would not survive. Kulika’s active period is twofold for Saturday: the period of Śaṅkhapāla and that of Karkoṭaka.

The adverse periods have been fully explained according to position on the planetary zodiac. One bitten during an active period of Kulika would not survive, even if cut by a knife.35 And one pierced by the sharp tip of Kuśa grass would immediately fall. No one should give medicinal poison36 to him, nor should anyone use medicines on him.

The Shadow of Time, Time, and examining the course of the Cycle—O Skanda, these are renowned as the three periods within thirty breaths.

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Canon and Compendia 4. The Vipati Mantra 5. Nīlakaṇṭha et al. 6. Snakebite Goddesses 7. Impact 8. Conclusions and Prospective Appendices A. Prologue to the Translation and Edition B. Translation of the Kriyākālaguṇottara: The Gāruḍam Chapters C. Edition of the Kriyākālaguṇottara: The Gāruḍam Chapters Notes Register of Shortened Internet Links Title List of Indic Primary Sources General Bibliography Index OceanofPDF.com Figures 3.1 Sadāśiva’s five-faced form 4.1 The Hand of Garuḍa 4.2 Protecting the vital force 6.1 A Kurukullā yantra 6.2 A Suvarṇarekhā yantra A.1 Stemma of manuscript relationships OceanofPDF.com Preface MY WORK ON this book began in 2005 in a graduate seminar on reading Sanskrit manuscripts.

Eager to test my new skills on fresh material, I had brought a list of potential manuscripts to Dr. Somadeva Vasudeva, then a visiting faculty member at UC Berkeley. Skimming the list, he noticed one titled Kriyākālaguṇottara and told me with full confidence to order copies of all of its manuscripts.

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