image credit: Śrī Caitanyānandanātha of the Sri Vidya Temple Society
In the thirteenth verse of his Cidvilāsastava (‘Hymn to the Play of Consciousness’), Amṛtānanda teaches about the deeper aspects of both a specialized Śrīvidya navāsananyāsa (nine seat mantric installation) practice, as well as the foundational ṣaḍaṅganyāsa (‘six-fold’ mantric installation) practice as follows:
आसनानि नवचक्रसंविदामुद्भवस्थितिलयास्त्रिशस्त्रिशः ।
अङ्गषट्करचना षडध्वनामंशतावगतिरात्मसंविदः ॥ १३ ॥
āsanāni navacakrasaṃvidām udbhavasthitilayās triśas triśaḥ |
aṅgaṣaṭkaracanā ṣaḍadhvanām aṃśatāvagatir ātmasaṃvidaḥ || 13 ||
“The seats [of the Goddesses of the Śrīcakra] are the arising, sustaining, and dissolution of the cognitions of the nine circuits [of the Śrīcakra], three by three. The performance of [installing the Goddess’s body] in six parts of the [practitioner’s] body is understanding the six courses [of the entire world] as aspects of one’s own Consciousness.” (translation by Ben Williams)
