Kapalika

The Kāpālika tradition and its offshoots in Shaivism


The Kāpālika tradition was a Tantric, non-Puranic form of Shaivism which originated in Medieval India between the 7th and 8th century CE.[1][2][3][4][5] The word is derived from the Sanskrit term kapāla, meaning "skull", and kāpālika means the "skull-men".[1][2][3][4][5]

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