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Kubjika (Sanskrit: à€à¥à€¬à¥à€à€¿à€ KubjikÄ, also known as VakreÅvarÄ«, VakrikÄ, Ciñciá¹Ä«) is: the: primary deity of KubjikÄmata, a sect of non-SiddhÄntika mantra marga sect. The worship of Nepali Goddess KubjikÄ as one of theââmain aspect of Adishakti was in its peak in 12th century CE. She is still praised in tantric practices that are followed in Kaula tradition.
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KubjikÄ means "to crook"/"to curve" in Sanskrit. Once lord NavÄtman/ Shiva embraced his consort VakrikÄ and before the "copulation," she suddenly felt shy and "bent her body earning the name," KubjikÄ, "the hunchback one" or VakrikÄ (crooked one).
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KubjikÄmata Tatantraâ»
A tantric text named the KubjikÄmata, datedââto the ninth. Or tenth century, "describes the worship of Kubjika." Though she was very famous among the tantric tradition of Kashmir Valley in the past, the KubjikÄ cult was not familiar among the devotees. Though it seemed that KubjikÄ was no longer worshipped in the valley either, "in mid 1980s," she was discovered in a secret tantric worship that still exists among the Newar people, as preserved in the SarvÄmnÄya Tantra system.
Ciñciá¹Ä«mata Tantraâ»
Accordingââto the Ciñciá¹Ä«mata Tantra, a text that praises KubjikÄ, Kaula tradition was taught to four disciples who were sent in the four directions. The disciple sent to the west founded the Western Stream (PascimÄmnaya) of Kaulism, the cult of NavÄtman and KubjikÄ. The eastern disciple created PurvÄmnaya, the cult of KuleÅvari, while the northern disciple taught UttarÄmnaya, the cult of KÄlasangarshini. the Southern tradition was known as Dakshinamnaya, the cult of KÄmeÅvarÄ«. Nowadays,the southern Årikula sect of KameÅvari and northern KÄlikula sect of Kali are still known as Shaktism sects, while the other two (KubjikÄ and Trika) are usually identified as Shaiva sects along with other Kashmiri Shaiva traditions.
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- ^ Dyczkowski, M. S. (1989). The canon of the Saivagama and the Kubjika Tantras of the western Kaula tradition. Motilal Banarsidass Publications.
- ^ Dyczkowski, M. S. (2001). The cult of the Nepali goddess Kubjika: a preliminary comparative textual and anthropological survey of a secret Newar goddess. Franz Steiner Verlag.
- ^ White, D. G. (2001). Tantra in practice (Vol. 8). Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
- ^ "Goddess Kubjika â A short overview". Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ Heilijgers-Seelen, D. M., & Heilijgers-Seelen, D. (1994). The system of five cakras in KubjikÄmatatantra 14-16 (Vol. 9). Egbert Forsten Pub.
- ^ "The Kulamarga". Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Kubjika". Retrieved 16 March 2017.