Triśūlābjāmandalam
The symbol that we have been using to advertise the latest course is the Triśūlābjāmandalam, the Mandala of the Trident and Lotuses, a synthetic diagram employed within Trika Śaiva initiation rituals described in Mālinīvijayottaratantra 9:6-31 and Tantrāloka 31:62-85.
It is also incorporated into a profound contemplative visualization of the 36 tattvas culminating in the interior worship of the three Trika Goddesses as described in Tantrāloka 15:295-328.
I sincerely hope that someday we are able to put these into practice but in the meantime I know that we can certainly pursue the knowledge of the realities that they represent, the realization of which is their aim.
The following are some articles useful in studying these elements of the Trika system in conjunction with the consultation of the source texts:
Mandalas in Abhinavagupta’s Tantrāloka by André Padoux (in Mandalas and Yantras in the Hindu Tradition edited by Gundrun Bühnemann)
Mandala and Āgamic Identity in the Trika of Kashmir by Alexis Sanderson
The Visualization of the Deities of the Trika by Alexis Sanderson
If you enlighten us about the sits of Para, Parapara and Apara, as they are already above Sadashiva. Are their sit( Corpse) as Shivatatwa itself?
Are their Bhairava is a reflection of aspect of Shivatatwa as if to complete the imagery of Shaktis?
In Shivatatwa is the differentiation possible as some aspect?
If Shivatatwa Super-set of some sub-sets, then how can it be Purna?
Please pardon me for my confusion.