History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.23

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¹⁶⁷³ It appears that in some Tantra works five Pīṭhas are named (according to H P Sastri's Cat. of Nepal Palm-leaf and selected paper mss. in the Nepal Durbar Library, Calcutta, 1905, p LXXX) viz Oḍiyāna (in Orissa, says H P Sastri), Jāla (in Jalandar), Pūrṇa Mataṅga in Śrīśaila and Kāmākhyā in Assam The very fact that five pīṭhas are named in the work supposed to be delivered by Śiva shows beyond doubt that before the work Tāntrism had spread in all parts of India The Sādhanamālā (vol II pp. 453 and 455) mentions Uḍḍiyāna, Pūrṇagiri, Kāmākhyā and Sirihaṭṭa, the Kulacūḍāmaṇitantra (Tāntrik texts, Vol. IV) in 6th paṭala verses 3-7) refers to five pīṭhas viz. Uḍḍiyāna, Kāmarūpa, Kāmākhyā, Jālandhara and *(Continued from last page)* Pūrnagiri (vide also 3rd paṭala, 59–61). In I. H. Q vol. XI. pp 142–144 it is argued that Uḍḍiyāna and Śāhore are in Bengal. The Devībhāgavata (VII. 30 55–80) names over one hundred kṣetras of Devī.