Ku???1????????alin???? Rising and Liberation in the Yogav????si???1?￡???1?-ha : The Story of C??????????????l???? and ????ikhidhvaja

摘要

Various ????aiva Tantric elements have been identified in the Yogav????si???1?￡???1?-ha , but little has been written about the role of ku???1????????alin???? rising in relation to this text?￠????s notion of living liberation ( j????vanmukti ). The story of C??????????????l???? and ????ikhidhvaja is relevant to examine in Tantric studies not only because it includes one of the few descriptions within Sanskrit literature of a ku???1????????alin???? experience as explicitly pertaining to a woman, but also because it offers key elements of comparison between experiences of enlightenment: one including ku???1????????alin???? rising (C??????????????l????) and another one without it (????ikhidhvaja). This paper compares C??????????????l?????￠????s experience of enlightenment with that of ????ikhidhvaja?￠????s in order to understand what role ku???1????????alin???? rising plays in the pursuit for liberation.