गान्धर्व तन्त्र (शैव-शाक्त आगम - मन्त्र-रहस्य, यन्त्र एवं देवतोपासना सटीक)

According to the Sampradayartha ह denotes sky क are र fire स water and ल earth, giving birth respectivly to sky etc The goddess of the mantra is to be meditated upon as identical with the whole universe The fifteen syllables of the mantra respectively represent also the 15 qualities of the elements i e, 1 of the sky, 2 of the air, 3 of the fire and 4 of the water and 5 of the earth The mantra when analyzed into its constituents including both vowels and consonants resolves itself into the 37 parts as 5 vowels (4 अs + 1 ई) and 6 consonants हसकलहर in the first part, as 6 vowels (5 अs + 1 ई) and 7 consonants हसकहलहर in the 2nd part, as 4 vowels (3 अs + 1 ई) and 5 consonants सकलहर in the 3rd part, as 3 Bindus at the end of these parts and as a whole. These 37 constituents represent the 36 categories both individually and collectively The 6 हs in the mantra represent the sound as effect (fivefold) and as cause. The 3 ईs and the Bindu at their end stand for the 4 forms of touch, 3 रs represent 3 aspects of form, 2 सs represent 2 kinds of water gross and subtle and the 3rd स stands for the connection between water and nectar. 3 लs represent the earth as existing in the 3 worlds 3 कs also represent 3 classes of cognisers— Aśuddha, Suddha and Miśra, 12 अs represent Jivā as such, Jīva as breath, Jīva as spirit, 3 Bindus, purusha, Rāga, Vdyā, Kalā Nīyatī, Kāla, Māyā, Śuddhavidyā, Ishvara and Sadāshiva and 3 Nādas, Sānti, Śakti and Śambhu