A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c52.193
A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c52.193
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KĀPĀLIKATANTRA.²⁹⁶ Kāpālika is mentioned as one of the Rasasiddhas in Caturbhuja’s commentary on the Rasahṛdaya (1.7), the Pāradasamhitā (1.98), Rasaratnākara,²⁹⁷ Rasaratnasamuccaya (1.4; 6.52), and Rasataraṅgiṇī (1.29–32); he is a Mahāsiddha in Svātmārāma’s Haṭhayogapradīpikā (1.8).²⁹⁸ One of the sixty-four Siddhas, Kāhnūpāda or Kṛṣṇapāda, pupil of Jālandharanātha, called himself Kāpālika.²⁹⁹ Kāpālikayogas are repeatedly described in the Rasārṇava.
Linked texts (6)
- Rasaratnasamuccaya — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit
- Rasaratnākara — Nityanātha Siddha, Sanskrit
- Rasārṇava — Sanskrit
- Haṭhapradīpikā — Svātmārāma, Sanskrit
- Rasahṛdaya — Govinda, Sanskrit
- Rasataraṅgiṇī — Bhānudatta