Kubjika-mata Tantra

p.

 

1

Kubjika "was worshipped as a goddess of potters."

 

in "Konkan.a ... where the mountain Candraparvata and the town Candrapura would have been located".

1-2

The Samvarta-artha-prakas`a "situates Konkan.a somewhere in the Himalayas ..., and ... the Kubjikamatatantra indicates the same."

[in Himacala prades`a ? -- "somewhere between" (p. 1) Nepal & Kas`mir]

4

the Kulalika-amnaya the " ‘Tradition of the (female) Potters’ ... represents the main version of the Kubjikamatatantra ... divided into twenty-five chapters."

[cited by pat.ala & verse]

determination of the Devi-s & the Duti-s

p.

14:

   

226

:3

abbreviation of goddesses’ names

[goddesses’ names in full (p. 128)

   

Kam

Kamala

   

Ba

Barbara

   

Ma

Mukhi

   

La

Laghvika

   

Vi

Vis`va-tejani

   

Ko

Konkan.a ]

       

227

:4

abbreviation of goddesses’ names

[goddesses’ names in full (p. 225, fn. 2)

   

D.a

D.akini

   

Ra

Rakini

   

La

Lakini

   

Ka

Kakini

   

Sa

Sakini

   

Ha

Hakini

       

229

:10

place on body

pit.ha

   

face & below navel

O[d.d.iyana]

   

head & belly

Ja[lan-dhara]

   

eyen & heart

Purn.a-giri

   

teeth & throat

Kama-rupa

       

232

:20-1

-loka (‘world’)

as`raya of Svadhis.t.hana cakra

 

:20

Bhus-

Adhara

   

Bhuvas-

Kama

   

Svas-

S`ikhi

   

Mahas-

Gola

 

:21

Jana-

Dhvaja

   

Tapas-

Kanda

   

Satya-

Tattva

       

235

:37-8

:37 the 4 ties of Devi-cakra

:38 the 4 goddesses

   

Ni-yamika earth

Ks.on.i

   

Prati-s.t.ha sound

S`abda-devi

   

Vidya hearing

S`rotika

   

S`anti speech

Vaca-devi

       

236

:47-8

pura (‘site’) = prakara (‘class, sort’)

as`raya

 

:47

purus.a

Kanda

   

prakr.ti

Dhvaja

   

ananda

Gola

   

garva

Jalan-dhara

 

:48

dhi (buddhi)

Kama-rupa

   

manas

Adhara

       
 

:48-9

Siddha

pura (‘site’)

 

:48

Khad.g-is`a

purus.a

   

Khag-is`a

prakr.ti

 

:49

Vis`va-natha

ananda

   

Jhan.t.-is`a

aham[-kara]

   

Anu-grah-is`ana

dhi

   

Mitra-is`ana

manas

       

241

:70-1

#

the 9 artha-pada (‘meaning of verses’)

   

1st

Kapala

   

2nd

CAN.D.A-loka-is`a

   

3rd

Yoga-is`a

   

4th

MANA[S]-ud-mana

   

5th

Hat.aka-is`vara

   

6th

Kravya-ada

   

7th

Mudra-is`a

   

8th

Dig-maha-is`vara

   

9th

An-anta-is`a

       
 

:75

#

the 9 Duti-s transcending all practices

   

1st

Binduka

   

2nd

Bindu-garbha

   

3rd

Nadini

   

4th

Nada-garbha-ja

   

5th

S`akti

   

6th

Garbhin,i

   

7th

Para

   

8th

Garbha

   

9th

Artha-carin.i

       
 

:77

#

the 9 Duti-s of lord A-kula

   

1st

Can.d.a

   

2nd

Can.d.a-mukhi

   

3rd

Can.d.a-vega

   

4th

Manas-java

   

5th

Can.d.a-aks.i

   

6th

Can.d.a-nis-ghosa

   

7th

Bhr.kut.i

   

8th

Can.d.a-nayika

       
 

:79

#

the 9 Duti-s of ud-manas

   

1st

Manas-java [again!]

   

2nd

Manas-adhi-aks.a

   

3rd

Manasi

   

4th

Mana[s]-nayika

   

5th

Manas-hari

   

6th

Manas-hladi

   

7th

Manas-priti

   

8th

Mana[s]-is`vari

   

9th

Mana[s]-ud-mani

       
 

:81

#

the 9 Duti-s of the wave of samana

242

 

1st

Aindri

   

2nd

Huta-as`ani

   

3rd

Yamya

   

4th

Nais-rti

   

5th

Varun.i

   

6th

Vayavi

   

7th

Kauberi

   

8th

Ais`ani

   

9th

Laukika-is`vari

       
 

:83

#

the 9 Duti-sof the state of vyapini

   

1st

Hiran.ya

   

2nd

Su-varn.a

   

3rd

Kan~cani

   

4th

Hat.aka

   

5th

Rukmin.i

   

6th

Manasvi

   

7th

Su-bhadra

   

8th

Jambuki

   

9th

Hat.aki

       
 

:85

#

the 9 Duti-s of Speech

   

1st

Vac-vati

   

2nd

Vac

   

3rd

Van.i

   

4th

Bhima

   

5th

Citra-ratha

   

6th

Sudhi

   

7th

Deva-mata

   

8th

Hiran.ya

   

9th

Yoga-is`i

       
 

:87

#

the 9 Duti-s of Gestures

   

1st

Vajrin.i

   

2nd

S`akti

   

3rd

Dan.d.i

   

4th

Khad.gini

   

5th

Pas`ini

   

6th

Dhvaji

   

7th

Gadi

   

8th

S`ulini

   

9th

Padmi

       
 

:89

#

the 9 Duti-s within the fire of destruction

   

1st

Lamba

   

2nd

Lamba-stani

   

3rd

S`us.ka

   

4th

Puti-vaktra

   

5th

Maha-anana

   

6th

Gaja-vaktra

   

7th

Maha-nasa

   

8th

Vidyut

   

9th

Krayvya-ada-nayika

       
 

:91

#

the 9 Duti-s of the state of Ni-yamika

   

1st

Su-pra-buddha

   

2nd

Pra-buddha

   

3rd

Can.d.i

   

4th

Mun.d.i

   

5th

Kapalini

   

6th

Mr.tyu-hanta

   

7th

Vi-rupa-aks.i

   

8th

Kapardi

   

9th

Kalana-atmika

determination of the Yogini-s of the 6fold set

p.

15:

   

244

:6-7

#

the 8 Maha-matr.-s [daughters of Mitra -- :8]

   

1st

Khecari

   

2nd

Atmi (‘self’)

   

3rd

S`as`ani (‘rabbity’)

   

4th

Vahni (‘fire’)

   

5th

Calani (‘tremulous, trembling’)

   

6th

Bhanu-mati

   

7th

Mahima (‘greatness’)

   

8th

Su-kr.talaya

       

245

:12-13

#

the 8 daughters of Atmi

   

1st

Sa-kala

   

2nd

Nis.-kala

   

3rd

Vi-jn~ana

   

4th

Pra-laya

   

5th

Dharma

   

6th

A-dharma

   

7th

An.ava

   

8th

Maya

       

246

:15

#

the 8 lunar mothers [Indu-matr.-s (‘droplet-mothers’) – p. 98] of Vais.n.avi & kula lord Krodha in city Varan.asi

   

1st

Chaya (‘shadow’)

   

2nd

S`ikara (‘drizzle’)

   

3rd

Jyotsna (‘moon-light’)

   

4th

R.tu (‘season’)

   

5th

Ratna (’jewel’)

   

6th

Su-s`itala (‘well-cooled’)

   

7th

Payas-vati (‘liquid-containing’)

   

8th

Ghr.ta-vati (‘ghee-containing’)

       
 

:18

#

the 8 fire-mothers [Vahni-matr.-s – p. 99] of kula lord Ud-matta in Kolladri

   

1st

Tr.s.n.a (‘thirst’)

   

2nd

Raga-vati (‘emotion-containing’)

   

3rd

Moha (‘delusion’)

   

4th

Kama (‘desire’)

   

5th

Kopa (‘wrath’)

   

6th

Tama[s]-ud-kat.a (‘dark thoroughly’)

   

7th

Irs.a (’envy’)

   

8th

S`oka-vati (‘sorrow-containing’)

       

247

:20

#

the 8 wind-mothers [Marut-matr.-s – p. 99] of kula lord Asita-anga in city At.t.a-hasa

   

1st

Tvaci

   

2nd

Spars`a-vati

   

3rd

Pran.a

   

4th

Apani

   

5th

Samanani

   

6th

Udani

   

7th

Vyani

   

8th

Kr.kara

       
 

:22

#

the 8 solar Matr.-s [Arka-matr.-s – p. 100] of kula lord Ruru in city Jayanti

   

1st

Tamas-hanta [‘darkness-killing’]

   

2nd

Prabha (‘light’)

   

3rd

Moha (‘dazzlement’)

   

4th

Tejini (‘energetic’)

   

5th

Dahani (‘burning’)

   

6th

Dina (‘day’)

   

7th

Jvalani (‘flaming’)

   

8th

S`os.an.i (‘drying’)

       
 

:24

#

the 8 Matr.-s of Mahima & kula lord Jhan.t.ha in Caritra of Aindrya cakra

   

1st

Ni-vr.tti

   

2nd

Prati-s.t.ha

   

3rd

Vidya

   

4th

S`anti

   

5th

S`anta-atita

   

6th

Pr.thivi

   

7th

Vajrin.i

   

8th

Kama-dhenavi

       
 

:27

#

the 8 water-mothers [Payas-matr.-s ‘liquid-mothers’ – p. 100] of kula lord Kapali-is`a at Eka-amraka forest in Ca-mun.d.a cakra

   

1st

Payos.n.i

   

2nd

Varun.i

   

3rd

S`anta (‘pacific’)

   

4th

A-mr.ta (‘ambrosia’)

   

5th

Vyapini (‘pervasive’)

   

6th

Drava (‘fluctive’)

   

7th

Plavani (‘inundative’)

   

8th

Jala-mata

       

248

:30

#

the 4 goddess surrounding [Guhya-kubji (fn. 17) &] Nava-tattva-is`vara in forest Maha-rakta

   

1st

Rakta

   

2nd

Karala

   

3rd

Can.d.a-aks.i

   

4th

Maha-ucchus.ma

       

251

:48

#

the 6 Yogini-s born from the water of the Ghat.a (‘Jar’) : partners of the regents of the 6 sites

   

1st

D.amari

   

2nd

Raman.i

   

3rd

Lamba-karn.i

   

4th

Kakini

   

5th

Sakini

   

6th

Yaks.in.i

       

252

:52-54

cakra as residence of Yogini [They destroy the world when worshipped in reverse order (:55)]

Yogini, born from the womb of Kubjika

 

:52

A-dhara

D.amari

   

Sva-adhi-s.th.ana

Raman.i

 

:53

Man.i-pura

Lamba-karn.i

   

Anahata

Kaki

   

Vi-s`uddhi

Sakini

 

:54

A-jn~a

Yaks.in.i

       

253-5

:61-77

her # ; her name ; her food

her community ; her body-part ; her petal

253

 

:61 108 bhuvana-s

:62 manas

   

:63 D.amani

:62 hr.daya (heart)

   

:63 chyle

:62 OM

       
   

:64 81 pada-s

:65 buddhi

   

:65 Raman.i

:64 s`iras (head)

   

:65 buddhi & blood

:64 Ja

       
   

:66 1000 lightnings

:67 ahamkara

254

 

:68 Lambika [of varn.a-s --:67]

:66 s`ikha (tress)

   

:68 flesh

:66 Kama

       
   

:70 "numerous" gun.a people

(she destroyeth the gun.a-s -- :70)

   

:70 Kaki

:70 armor

   

:70 fat

:69 Purn.aka

       
   

:73 "wrapped in" kala-marga

:73 prakr.ti

   

:74 Sakini

:72 netra (eye)

   

:74 bones

:72 pums

       

255

 

:76 "full of" pums people

(:76 tattva-marga)

   

:77 Yaks.ini the s`akti of S`ambhu

:76 weapons

   

:77 marrow & semen

(p. 254) :75 Kama-is`vari

p. 102, fn. 29 comparison of sequence of Bhairava-s with that in S.SS

KMT 15 115:11-28

S.SS 23:18sq.

1. Can.d.a

 

2. Krodha

3. Krodha

3. Ud-matta

4. Ud-matta

4. Asita-anga

4. Asita-anga

5. Ruru

5. Ruru

6. Jhan.t.ha

6. Jhan.t.a

7. Kapala

7. Kapala-is`a

 

1. Mitra

8. Samvarta

2. Samvarta

the 5 of great Bliss in the 6fold set

p.

16:

   

257

:9-12

# [daughters of Asita-anga (p. 258) :14]

the 32 goddesses of great power within the lunar man.d.ala [variant names given on p. 155]

 

:9

1st

Can.d.a

   

2nd

Ghan.t.a

   

3rd

Maha-nasa

   

4th

Su-mukhi

   

5th

Dus-mukhi

   

6th

Bala

   

7th

Revati

   

8th

Prathama

   

9th

Ghora

   

10th

Saumya

   

11th

Bhima

   

12th

Maha-bala [Maha-ambikaS.SS 25:17b]

 

:10

13th

Jaya

   

14th

Vi-jaya

   

15th

A-jita [Jayanti S`M 19:192b = GS 20:195b]

   

16th

A-para-a-jita

   

17th

Maha-ud-kat.a

   

18th

Vi-rupa-aks.i

   

19th

S`us.ka

   

20th

Akas`a-matara

 

:11

21st

Se-hari [Sam-hariS.SS 25:18c = GS 20:196a]

   

22nd

Jata-hari

   

23rd

Dams.t.rali

   

24th

S`us.ka-revati

   

25th

Pipilika

   

26th

Pus.pa-hari

   

27th

As`ani [GrasaniGS 20:196d)

   

28th

Sasya-harika

 

:12

29th

Bhadra-kali (Rudra-kaliS.SS 25:19c]

   

30th

Su-bhadra

   

31st

Bhadra-bhima [Bhima-bhadraS.SS 25:19D]

   

32nd

Su-bhadrika

       
   

trait

goddess

259

 

:18 moving with swiftness

:19 Tvarita "annihilating all injuries"

260

 

[fn. 20 limping]

:20 Khan~jika "moving subtly in subtle matter"

   

[fn. 22 crooked, contracted]

:23 Kub-ja moving "about in a small house"

       

262

:28-29

7 sects, each deemed pas`u (‘beastly’) to, or lina (‘absorbed’) in, the succeeding

fn. 31 alternative (commoner, more in vogue later, more recent) names for the same

 

:28

Veda-siddha

 
   

Urdhva

Siddha-anta

   

Vama

 
   

Daks.in.a-marga

 
   

Kula-marga

 
 

:29

Yoni-arn.ava

Tripura-arn.ava

   

Kubjika-mata

 
       

263

:33-35

sites, each containing the succeeding

their nature

 

:33

moon (soma – p. 161)

 
   

sun (ravi – p. 161, fn. 34)

its "abode"

   

fire

(S`ikhi – p. 161)

   

heavenly sprout {Daoist?}

place of origin of Asita-aga

 

:34

manifold creation

fn. 35 the 6fold adhvan, whereof the 6th is "pura (‘fortress’)"

       

264

:36

kula lord Asita-anga

within the original man.d.ala

 

:37

Khecara-atmaka (fn. 39) man.d.ala as primaeval source-site (adi-yoni-purastha – fn. 39)

through worshipping which one receiveth the results of this "source of authority" (ajn~a-yoni – fn. 40)

 

:38

origin of man.d.ala-s

from which all the man.d.ala-s have come forth

265

:39-40

with each of these 25 man.d.ala-s are associated all 4 Siddha-s, from Vala to Khad.ga

fn. 42 these 4 Siddha-s are :-

Vala = Ya,

Bhujanga = Ra,

Pinakin = La,

Khad.ga = Va

 

:41

the 5 composers of the Kula-vidya

are Bhujanga, Krura, & Tri-murti [counted as 3]

       

266-7

:46-52

adornments of Devi the ‘Great Lady’

what they consist of

266

:46

head-garland

Veda-s, in both pada & krama readings

 

:47

sacred thread

Brahma-sutra

   

girdle

Puran.a-s

   

an~jana (‘ointment’ make-up) for eyen

Jyotis-s`astra (astrology texts)

   

earrings

dhvani (‘suggestion’ of poe:sy)

 

:48

strings of her hara (‘necklace’)

the [64] arts

   

golden bracelets

knowledge

   

unguent produced from a-mr.ta

sound

266-7

:49

"whose various dresses are vicitra [‘variegated’]" (p. 267, fn. 56) silk

Scripture

267

 

seat

objects of knowledge

 

:52

lips

bimba fruit

       

268

:60-1

-Ananda

p. 269, fn. 66 its phoneme

 

:60

Arghi-is`ana-

U

 

:61

Anu-graha-

AU

   

Krura-

AM

       

269

:65-6

the big kula tree [cf. :89-91] {cf. also the "tree of life" in Apokalupsis 22:2}

its aspects, as worshipped ["By means of this worship the man.d.ala is realized easily." – :66]

 

:65

its branches

the 25 [man.d.ala-s]

   

its flowers

authority

   

its fruits

knowledge [causing the "refreshment of liberation" -- :66]

 

:66

its fruit-juice

fully-matured bliss

       

270

:68

with each of these 25 [man.d.ala-s] are associated all 4 s`akti-s, in the ocean of creation [wherein is "the mouth of the vad.ava" -- :67]

these 4 s`akti-s are (enumerated backwardsly – fn. 71):-

Ambika,

Raudrin.i,

Jyes.t.ha,

Vama

 

:69

surrounded by these 4 s`akti-s, lord Kula-is`vara

"is seated on the vad.ava fire and holds the spear of authority."

       

270-2

:71-83

within the body of Devi

is located the __-man.d.ala (total, 21)

270

:72

[right] shoulder

1. Kama

   

(below that) [right armpit]

2. Khecara

   

joint [right elbow]

3. Guru

   

middle of [right] hand

4. Ghana-ujjvala

 

:73

nail-points of right hand

5. Rudra

   

left [shoulder]

6. Candra

   

(below that) [left armpit]

7. Chaya

 

:74

joint [left elbow]

8. Jayanta

   

middle of [left] hand

9. Jhankara

   

finger-tips of left

10. Jn~ana

 

:75

right side

11. A-mr.ta

   

thigh

12. Soma

   

joint [knee]

13. D.amara

 

:76

foot

14. Kanya

   

nails

15. Uma

270-1

 

left side

16. Tara

271

 

middle of thigh

Kula-divya (uncounted)

 

:77

joint [knee]

17. An-anta

   

central part of foot

18. Mitra

   

toe-tips

19. Meru

 

:78

right side of belly

20. Rakta

   

its left side

S`ikhin (uncounted)

   

back

21. Kula

   

its central part

Vajra (uncounted)

       
 

:79-81

location

4 further man.d.ala-s (grand total, 21 + 4 = 25)

 

:79

navel

S.as.t.ha

   

heart

Kala

271-2

 

:82 (p. 272) Randhra [= Brahma-randhra at top of head – p. 163]

:80 (p. 271) "the illustrious Lord at the beginning"

   

:83 (p. 272) S`ambhu

:80 (p. 271) "King of Purity"

       

272-3

:84-7

goddess & god

features

272

:84

Svayam-karta (‘self-creating’) Svayam-harta (‘self-destroying’) (fn. 79) kula lady of the man.d.ala-s

"in the form of the vad.ava fire she is standing on the Trident;"

 

:85

"standing on top of the ‘Lord of Skeletons’ [Kankala-is`vara – fn. 80], ...

She has four arms and one face; she bears the rosary in one hand ..." [:86 "she holds a book in other" {like Saras-vati}]

273

:87

"The body of the illustrious Kules`a measures eighty-four kot.is from the lower to the upper part." [in KTM 25:5 this cosmic dimension "is given to the siddha-atman" (fn. 83)]

his water-lily-[abja, cf. ambhoja in S.SS 25:138b – fn. 84] man.d.ala "is a water-jar [kumbha – fn. 84]"

       
 

:89-91

"this illustrious tree of great bliss" [possibly mango (rasala) – fn. 87]

repraesenting __ (as "tree of man.d.alas" -- :91)

 

:89-90

branches with twigs

Scripture

 

:90

sprouts

knowledge

   

flowers

universal knowledge ["the refereshment of emancipation" -- :91]

   

fruits

Perfects (Siddha-s – fn. 86)

 

:91

fruit-juice

mature bliss

274

:92

this "supreme tree"

is perceived by one who hath "experienced a body born from a Can.d.ala"

       
 

:95

"By concentration on the vad.ava fire"

one ought concentrate 1 month each on the 25 man.d.ala- (total, 25 months)

 

:97-101

upon the lapse of __ such periods of 25 months

one will thereupon attain __

 

:97

1

"ordinary qualities"

 

:98

2

"demonic qualities"

   

3

"the divine state"

 

:99

4

"the state of having attained one’s wishes fulfilled in the abode of the immortals"

   

5

"the Satyaloka"

 

:100

6

"Vis.n.u’s nature"

   

7

"the end of the Brahman.d.a."

 

:101

8

"one becomes a Pinga"

   

9

"one will be Lord Is`vara."

   

10

"one becomes ... Lord of the Khecaras."

       

275`

:105-6

:105-6 "Just as the big fig tree exists [already] in its tiny seed, so the whole world exists within the interior of this heart." [i.e., in one’s own heart]

:106 "The Goddess rules over the Khecaras, a garland of fig-leaves hanging on". {would this aequate her with Yami known in the Veda as the fig-goddess?}

p. 275, fn. 99 "the text continues in chapters 17-19 with the Four, ... which consists of the four meditative stages pin.d.a, pada, rupa, rupatita"

S.SS = S.at.-sahasra Samhita

S`M = S`ri-mata-uttara (Tantra)

GS =Go-raks.a Samhita

GRONINGEN ORIENTAL STUDIES, Vol. IX = Dory Heilijgers-Seelen : The System of Five Cakras in Kubjikamatatantra 14-16. Egbert Forsten, Groningen, 1994. [authoress, wife of Lex – p. vi]