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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: "Shree Krama-Dipika" is a classic Gopala-Tantra (Vaishnava-Agama) compiled by
OM VishnuPad Keshava Kashmiri Bhatta (Shree Nimbarka-Sampradaya).
OM VishnuPad Keshava Kashmiri Bhatta (Shree Nimbarka-Sampradaya).
क्रम (krama) means "gradual progress" in Sanskrit, दीपिका (dIpikA) means "torch, light, lantern" and as Shree Gopala-Tantra "Shree Krama-Dipika" consists of the so-called "Patalas" (पटल paTala means "screen").
So the name "Krama-Dipika" bears a special significance with the following idea: a Guru has a number of screens (Patalas) which he is going to highlight by lantern, but gradually (one by one) before his shisyas. Something like complicated fairytale or play, represented by living, changing pages with explanations.
I liked this edition very much, it has excellent Synopsis of all the Patalas (Chapters) in Hindi Bhumika (Exordia).
Hindi Bhumika is truly excellent: it sheds light on Yantras (with such details as Avaranas, Mantras and etc.), Shree Gopala-Pujas and Mantras (I was amazed to see the explanation of PanchaPadi Nyasas for Shree Gopala-Mantra).
In Bhumika even rare Mantras are enumerated with brief remarks, for example Shree Gopala-Mrityu-Mantra (Shree Vasudeva-Mrityu-Mantra) and many Others.
To add more sweetness - "Shree LaghuStavaRaja Stotram" (written by OM VishnuPad Shrinivasa Acharya from Shree Nimbarka-Sampradaya) is a part of this edition too.
I have paused at Bhumika, as the splendid Bhumika was enough for me to grasp the gist of "Shree Krama-Dipika", besides I have studied other edition (Sanskrit Variant, 1929 - LINK) earlier.
Moreover, I am a Shakta, loving Vaishnava-Agamas very much, but I have a lot of Shakti-Agamas to study this year, so I have postponed the further reading, telling to Our Beloved Lord Shree Krishna that Agama is good, but I want to return to my Mother and ParaIshwari Shreemati MahaLakshmi-Devi and Her Own Tantras.
FULL NAME OF THE BOOK:
Krishnadas Sanskrit Series 114
KRAMADIPIKA by Kasmirika Keshava Bhatta with The Sanskrit Commentary Vivarana by Sri Govinda Bhattacharya with a Hindi Translation "Sarala" and LAGHUSTAVARAJA STOTRAM by Shriniwasacharya with a commentary "GuruBhakti Mandakini" by Purushottama Prasada edited and translated by Dr. Sudhakar Malaviya, Krishnadas Academy Varanasi-221001, 1989
Besides this Edition I have also "Shree Krama-Dipika" in 1929 Sanskrit Version - "Krama Dipika" - Vaishnava Agama with Gopala Mantra Glosses and Clarifications, Sanskrit, Srirangar 1929 - http://vishnudut1926.blogspot.ru/2014/07/krama-dipika-vaishnava-tantra-with.html
