kulakUlya alias kurukulla

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Dear all,

 

There is a shrine near Kusinagar in Orissa which was established by Acharya

Nagarjuna. Amidst the dense forest called kUlakulasthAna, there is a deity

dedicated to kulakUlya. This is the bhairavi here and the bhairava is said to

be KUlakuleshwaranatha. This is said to be the same deity Kurukulla in Lalitha

Sahasranama and in Bhavanopanishad. This shrine is situated at the bank of the

crossing of 2 streams. Since, kUlya means stream and kula means bank, the name

*kulakUlya* stuck here.

 

There is also another hidden meaning for *kula* which means *sushumna marga

alongwith shat-chakras*. So, kulakUlya also has another meaning which imply

that *she is the way or the path to ascend the sahasrara chakra which is the

guru-sthana through kula marga or sushumna marga*.

 

Shri Vaidyanatha Dikshitar in his Chandrikakhya while explaining the name

*kurukulla*, refers the deity as *kurukUlya* and ascribes the name to the deity

that helps the aspirant in crossing the river of samsara by residing near

Sushumna Marga. Incidentally, the Kurukulla is meditated as seated on boat of

gems and also as the deity of deliverence.

 

kurukulla / kurukUlya / kulakUlya / gurukUlya are taken to be the synonym

meanings where the deity is stated to reside near sahasrara at sushumna.

 

with regs,

sriram