18 Isanaśivagurudevapaddhati (2) Tattvaprakāśa The Tattvaprakaşa is a rare ancient work on the Saiva system of philosophy divided into six sections called Paricchedas. The author of the work is king Bhojadeva. The work is cited as authority in the Saivadarśana section of the Sarvadarśanasan- graha. There is a commentary on the work by a Keralite scholar named Śrīkumāra. The commentary styled Tätparyadipika gives adequate explanation of the text and cites a number of ancient authorities including the author of Iśanagurudevapadhhati. The work begins as follows: चिद्धन एको व्यापी नित्यः सततोदितः प्रभुः शान्तः । जयति जगदेक बीजं सर्वानुग्राहक: शम्भुः ॥ The last stanza of the work mentions the name of the author as follows: तत्वानामपि तत्वं येनाखिलमेव हेलया कथितम् । श्रीभोजदेवनृपतिर्व्यधत्त तत्वप्रकाशं स: 11 In the first section the three principles of Paśu-pati-pāśa are discussed in detail. The second section is called Suddhavinir- naya. The third deals with Suddhasuddhavinirnaya. The fourth section is devoted to Aśuddhavargavinirnaya. The brief section which forms the fifth is styled Sämänyavāda. The last and sixth is called Nivṛtti. The work provides a comprehensive account of the Saiva philosophical system as found in the Saivagama, des- cribing mainly the categories of Pati (the lord), Paśu (the beings) and Paśa (the bonds). The author also seeks to explain the different kinds of metaphysical and other categories as accepted by the Saiva philosophy. The most important category is Śiva who is regarded as consciousness; by which the Saivas understand combined knowledge and action. In short, the work gives a good exposition of the cardinal tenets of the Saiva philosophical system. Srikumāra, the commentator has quoted profusely from ancient authorities in his exposition of the text of Bhoja. He begins the commentary as follows: नमः शर्वाय देवाय कारणत्रय हेतवे ! शम्भवे ॥ निर्मलाय सदानन्दचित्स्वरूपाय शम्भवे।।
