Kaula (Hinduism)

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Kaula, also known as Kula, Kulamaarga ("the Kula path") and Kaulaachaara ("the Kaula tradition"), is a Tantric tradition which developed from the Kapaalika tradition, domesticating the 'pollutional' elements of this tradition and making it accessible for married householders. Kaula preserves some of the distinctive features of the Kapaalika, characterised by distinctive rituals and symbolism connected with the worship of Shakti and Shiva that is associated with cremation-ground or charnel ground asceticism, found in Shaktism and Shaivism. Kaula developed into four main systems, known as the Four Transmissions, namely eastern (Trika), western (Kubjika), southern (Daksinamnaya) and northern (Mata and Krama). In later Hatha Yoga, the Kaula visualization of kundalini rising through a system of chakras is overlaid onto the earlier bindu-oriented system.

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