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\engtitle{.. Shaivagama-Puraneshu Shivatandavabhedah - Adhyayanam ..}##
\itxtitle{.. shaivAgama\-purANeShu shivatANDavabhedAH \- adhyayanam ..}##\endtitles ##
shaivAgama\-purANeShu pratipAditAH shivatANDavabhedAH \- ekaM sa.nkShiptaM adhyayanam |
\section{sArA.nshaH}

bhAratIyasa.nskR^itau bhagavAn shivaH kevalaM sa.nhArakartA na, apitu sR^iShTi\-sthiti\-sa.nhAra\-tirobhAva\-anugrahANAM vishvaniyantA iti parigaNyate | tasya divyanR^ityaM \ldq{}tANDavam\rdq{} iti prasiddham | tANDavanR^ityaM na kevalaM kalArUpam, api tu gambhIradArshanikatattvAnAM vishvachaitanyasya cha pratIkamasti | vedeShu rudrasya gatishIlasvarUpasya sa.nketaH dR^ishyate, parantu tANDavasya vistR^itavarNanaM purANeShu, shaivAgameShu, nATyashAstre tathA uttarakAlInashaivasAhitye visheShatayA prApyate |

shivasya naTarAjasvarUpaM tANDavadarshanasya paramodAharaNam | naTarAjasya DamaruH sR^iShTeH, agniH sa.nhArasya, abhayamudrA anugrahasya, apasmArapuruSho.aj~nAnasya, UrdhvapAdaH mokShasya cha pratIkatvena vyAkhyAyate | ataH tANDavaM vishvachakrasya dArshanikavyAkhyAnarUpeNa manyate |

shaivaparamparAyAM tANDavasya anekabhedAH varNitAH santi | dakShiNabhAratIyAgamaparamparAyAM visheShataH Ananda\-, sandhyA\-, kAlikA\-, tripura\-, gaurI\-, sa.nhAra\-, UrdhvatANDavam iti saptabhedAH prasiddhAH | AnandatANDavaM chidambarasthanaTarAjasya AnandasvarUpaM nirUpayati | sandhyAtANDavaM kAlaparivartanasya dyotakam | kAlikAtANDavaM shaktishivayoH aikyaM tathA duShTanigraham abhivya~njayati | tripuratANDavaM tripurAsuravadhAnantaraM dharmavijayasya pratIkam | gaurItANDavaM shivapArvatyoH sAmarasyaM prakAshayati | sa.nhAratANDavaM kalpAnte jagatsa.nhArasya rUpam | UrdhvatANDavaM tu shivasya parAkrama.n, yogavaibhavaM mokShadAyakatvaM cha pratipAdayati |

dArshanikadR^iShTyA tANDavaM kevalaM nR^ityaM nAsti; api tu vishvasya nityaparivartanashIlatAyAH pratIkaM vartate | kAshmIrashaivadarshane tANDavaM shivasya spandashakteH pratyakShAbhivyaktiriti nirUpitam | tasmAt jagataH pratyekaH spandaH, pratyekaH parivartanaH, pratyekaM jIvanachakraM cha shivatANDavasyaiva abhivyaktiriti manyate |

upasa.nhArataH vaktuM shakyate yat shivatANDavaM bhAratIyadArshanikaparamparAyAH ekaM mahattvapUrNaM tattvam | tatra dharmaH, darshanam, nATyam, AdhyAtmikatA, kalA cha samanvitarUpeNa dR^ishyante | tANDavasya samyagadhyayanaM shaivadarshanasya, bhAratIyasa.nskR^iteH tathA nATyaparamparAyAH gahanabodhAya atyantamupakArakam |
\section{sandarbhagranthAH}
shivapurANam
skandapurANam
nATyashAstram
kAmikAgamaH
kAraNAgamaH
tantrAlokaH

\section{TippaNI}
shaivAgameShu \ldq{}saptatANDava\rdq{} iti sUchI sarvatra samAnarUpeNa na dR^ishyate; bhinneShu AgameShu tathA paramparAsu tANDavabhedAnAM nAma, sa.nkhyA, kramashcha ki~nchit parivartate |

\-\- pro\. pradIptakumAranandaH (sevAnivR^ita)
shrIjagannAthasaMskR^itavishvavidyAlayaH, purI


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Written by Dr. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, Kendrapara, Orisa pknanda65 at gmail.com
Retd.Head, Dept.of Sarvadarshan
SJSV,Puri

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