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[Query] You mention that there are only three sampradayas in sreevidya and there is no
dattatreya sampradaya. None of the tantras mention the three sampradayas. Can you please
quote the source. Please clarify is Kali purvanga or uttaranga of sreevidya?

taptahATakakeshAntarjwalatpAvakalochana |

vajrAdhikanakhasparSha divyasiMha namo.astute ||

pAntu vo narasiMhasya nakhalAngalakoTayaH |

hiraNyakashiporvakShaHkShetrAsR^ikkardamAruNAH ||

shrImAtre namaH

shrIdakShiNAmUrtiruvAcha
iyaM trikUTA shrIvidyA tripurAyAH abhiiShTadA |

kathitA sarvamantrANAM samrAjnI jagadIshvarI || 27 ||

Dakshinamurti: "This is the great Srividya of Tripurasundari consisting of three kUTas or groups
of letters, that grants all desires. She [Srividya or Sridevi due to abheda between vidyA and
devatA] is described as the queen of all mantras [rAjarAjeshwarI] and as the mistress of the
world [jagadIshwarI or tribhuvaneshwarI – again these are equally applicable to vidyA and
devatA. The world and its inhabitants are represented by the three bhuvaneshwarI bIjas,
described as kUTa makuTas, signifying the three activities of srShTi - sthiti - laya
[tirodhAna+anugraha] and the three states of jAgR^it - swapna - suShupti. The nAda emanating
from these three mukuTas attain laya in the nAda of the turIya kUTa, represented by
tri-bhuvaneshwari]. As a side note, statements glorifying Srividya should not always be treated
as arthavAda. vidhi and niShedha are applicable to Tantras as well, as Tantras find their origin in
dharma shastras.

AnandabhairavopAsyA dakshiNAmUrtisevitA |

iyameva mahAvidyA hayagrIvasamarchitA || [parA tantra – chaturtha paTala - 28]

kAlii upAsanA as a part of shrIvidyA is again based on sampradAya. For most dAkShiNAtya
sampradayas, kAli is not a direct anga vidyA but one of the mantras belonging to uttarAmnAya.
However, auttareya sampradayas user kAlii as one of the chief uttarangas of shrIvidyA, the
pramANa being bhairavI tantra and tripurasundarI tantra. In this anganavaka scheme, guru
chatuShTaya, gaNapati and bAlA are pUrvAngas and annapUrNA, bhuvaneshwarI, dakShiNA kAlii
[durvAsa praNItA], rAjashyAmalA, mahAvArAhI and devI hR^idaya vidyA are the uttarAngas.
Some think that this scheme applies to sAdi vidyA but that does not seem to be true due to two
reasons. One, due to lack of pramANa in these tantras which do not even mention sAdi vidyA.
Two, the uddhAra is of kAdi vidyA in these tantras.

madyaH shaktiH shivo mAmsaM tadbhoktA bhairavaH swayam |

mudrA cha shAmbhavI sAkShAt maithunam shivachintanam ||