With the Uddyota Illumination commentary by the Great Lord of Mahesha an honorific for a high-ranking master of Shiva-tantra, Shri Kshemaraja

And augmented by the Nira-kshira-viveka Water and Milk Discrimination Hindi commentary

Shri Svacchanda Tantram

[Part One]

Adorned with a foreword by the Chancellor, Prof. Rajendra Mishra

A complex circular mandala (yantra) representing the Matrika (Sanskrit alphabet) system. At the very center is a pink circle containing the seed syllable 'Hrīṃ'. Surrounding it is a text ring with 'Hritsauḥ', 'Om, salutations to Svacchanda Bhairava', and the words 'beginning with A', 'ending with Ksha', 'sixteen', 'letters'. The next white ring contains the sixteen Sanskrit vowels (Matrikas) from 'A' to 'Aḥ'. This is enclosed by an eight-petaled lotus, with each petal containing a group of consonants. Outer labels identify directions (Indra/East, Agni/SE, etc.), associated Yoginis (Aindri, Brahmi, etc.), and their corresponding consonant vargas.

Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

Varanasi