The Essence of the Manifested World Tantra (1935) - Page 2

Subjects marked with * are discussed:

Subject	Page
Invocation	1
* Purpose of the manifestation of the body	”
* The fivefold nature of the text's subject	2
* Mastery of vowels and consonants	3
* Variations in mastery according to mantra	4
* Etymology of Sharada A name for the Goddess of Speech/Saraswati	5
* Types of initiation: Āṇava individual, Śākta power-based, and Śāmbhava divine-based	”
Creation of Brahma and others	6
The Lord's form, location, and the like	7
Brahma’s inquiry to the Lord	8
Brief summary statement therein	”
Nature of the letters Akshara	10
Exposition of the letter Ha, its universal nature, and its pervasiveness	11
Distinction of time from the smallest unit to the end of dissolution	12
Measure of the lifespan of Brahma	13
* Practice of individual yoga	14
Order of the transformation of elements	16
Emergence of Bindu point/drop, Nāda sound, and Bīja seed from the point	”
Nature of nature (Prakṛti) as desire, goodness, etc.	”
Its own origin	17
Nature of the sound-Brahman (Śabda-Brahman)	”
Emergence of elements from Mahat to the earth	”
Nature of the five elements	18
Aspects of the five elements	”
* Extraction of uncompounded seeds	”
* Extraction of compounded seeds	”
The process of compounding (Pañcīkaraṇa)	18

Subject	Page
Twenty-five principles	18
Division of nature and its modifications	”
Nature as having three qualities (Guṇa)	20
* Statement of the text as the essence of all Agamas	”
* Reconciliation of Shaiva, Shakta, and other principles	”
Creation and dissolution of meaning	21
Purpose of the creation of meaning	”
Instruction on the sound-Brahman	22
Emergence of four types of bodies	23
Birth from the womb	”
The three impurities: Māyīya related to illusion, etc.	24
Cause of gender (female, male, neuter) in creatures	”
Manner of a creature's birth	”
Names of channels (Nāḍī) such as Suṣumnā	”
Cycle of day and night in the body	26
Origin of the sentient element	”
Diverse views therein	”
The established conclusion	27
Distinctions between mind, intellect, ego, and consciousness	”
Manifestation of the sound-Brahman	28

Subject	Page
Description of residence in the womb	29
Activity of the ten vital airs (Prāṇa, etc.) in the body	30
Air, fire, defects, and susceptible factors	”
Duties of the vital airs	31
Six waves of life; Six sheaths	”
Origin of the vital essence (Ojas)	”