History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.85

v7.c92.85

¹⁷¹⁸ यैरेव पतनं द्रव्यैः सिद्धिस्तैरेव चोदिता । श्रीकौलदर्शने चापि भैरवेण महात्मना ॥ कुलार्णव V. 48, vide ज्ञानसिद्धि (Buddhist tantra) I 15 'कर्मणा येन वै सत्त्वाः कल्पकोटिशतान्यपि । पच्यन्ते नरके घोरे तेन योगी विमुच्यते ॥' and compare प्रज्ञोपाय० (Buddhist) V. p. 23 verses 24-25 'जनयित्रीं स्वसारं च स्वपुत्रीं भागिनेयिकाम्। कामयन् तत्त्वयोगेन लघु सिध्येत साधकः॥' (both works in 'Two vajrayāna texts,' G O S) Bagchi in 'Studies in tantras' (pp 36-37) shows that according to some Tāntrik works the words जनयित्री, स्वसृ, भागिनेयी have esoteric meanings and not the ordinary meanings. But in the context in which they are employed in the two vajrayāna texts, it is rather difficult to hold that they are employed in any esoteric or symbolic sense.