Kubjikā
deity intermediate Hindu single tradition · 2
Kubjikā is a goddess whose mode of worship is detailed in a chapter of the Agni Purāṇa. The worship instructions include worshipping other goddesses including Ḍākinī, Rākinī, Kākinī, Śākinī, and Yakṣiṇī in the six directions from the north-west.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Supreme Goddess in the Kaula tradition, a branch of Shakta Tantra that emerged around the eighth century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kusumamālinī, Kusumamāla, Kusumā, Yākinī, Parvati, Bhairavi, Dakini, Śākinī, Lalitā, Daṇḍanāthā, Yakṣiṇī, Śaṅkhinī, Lākinī, Hākinī, Rākinī, Kākinī, Adi Parashakti
- manifests as
- Kundalini
- manifested by
- Shakti
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“A chapter detailing the mode of worship of the goddess Kubjikā contained in the Agni Purāṇa instructs that the goddesses 'Ḍākinī, Rākinī, Kākinī, Śākinī, and Yakṣiṇī should be worshipped in the six directions'”
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