Cakrapuja in the Srikula Sect

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  • ヒンドゥータントリズムにおけるチャクラプージャー
  • ヒンドゥータントリズム ニ オケル チャクラプージャー

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The follower of the Srikula sect in Hindu tantrism performs the cakrapuja, the worship of the wheel-shaped diagram, as the core part of nityapuja daily ritual. Through the procedure of this cakrapuja, Tripurasundari is invited to the seat of the Sricakra as the main deity, and offered religious services such as japas and mudras, by the practitioner. In this paper I will first present several ancient practices prescribed in the Nityasodasikarnava. This ancient scripture contains a number of practices utilizing Sricakra. Originally, these practices were rather magical and secular, pursuing worldly desires, bhukti. Second, I will show that these mundane practices were integrated into cakrapuja after the time of the Nityasodasikarnava. This integration was involved with a new paradigm stated in theological scriptures, such as Yoginihrdaya. In those texts, we can perceive the idea that Sricakra is a matrix of the world, while cakrapuja brings about liberation, because this ritual procedure represents the movement from the material world to the absolute principle, Tripurasundari. It is a typical manner of reorganizing ancient and esoteric bhukti-oriented rituals into more moderate, mock-orthodox rituals.

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