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    This document outlines the lineages and development of Tantric Mantramārga, or the Path of Mantras, from around 400-1300 CE in India. It shows the progression from early Śaiva Siddhānta texts like the Kālottara Tantra in the 6th century to later Goddess-based Tantras like the Kubjikā Tantra in the 11th century. The Kubjikā Tantra was an important source for the standardized six chakra system that became central to later Haṭha Yoga manuals starting in the 13th century.

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    Lineages of the Tantric Mantramārga (‘Path of Mantras’)

    ca. 400-1300 CE

    Śaiva Siddhānta

    Kālottara Tantra (ca. 6th century)

    Bhairava Tantras
    Amṛteśvara

    Svaccanda Tantra,
    7th century

    Netra Tantra
    8th century

    Vidyāpīṭha
    ( ‘Seat of Wisdoms’; Goddess-based Tantras)

    Vāma Trika (Śakti) Krama Yāmala


    Tantras Tantras Tantras Tantras
    Trika (or ‘Śakti’) Krama

    *Kubjikā Mata Tantra-


    Kaubjika
    Source for Six Chakras
    standardized in Haṭha Yoga
    (mūlādhāra => sahasrara, etc.)

    Kubjikā Tantra
    (11th century)

    Traipurā/Śrīvidyā
    (‘Goddess of 3 Worlds’)
    ca. 12th A.D.

    Early Haṭha Yoga Manuals (13th-15th centuries)

    Gorakṣha Śhataka (‘100 Verses of Gorakṣha’),


    Matsyendra Saṃhitā (‘Teachings of Matsyendra’)
    Etc.

    Ṣat-Cakra-Nirūpaṇa (‘Analysis of the Six Chakras’) – late 16th century


    • Our Source for the Chakra System originating in the Kubjikā Tantra
    (Mūlādhāra to Ājñā), translated by Arthur Avalon (1918) in his ‘Serpent
    Power’

    • The core Yoga Vinyāsa meant for this Chakra System essentially absent in
    this text, which presents only a cryptic summary of its core features

    • The translation of this work by Arthur Avalon (1918) in his ‘Serpent


    Power’ (below) introduces the Tantric Subtle body and Chakras to the
    West for the first time;

    • Most of the yoga-based chakra symbolism inherent in this text was


    replaced by the psychology of Carl Jung.

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