kadi
कादि kādiThe school of Srividya whose mantra begins with the syllable ka, traced to Manmatha/Kamaraja; one of the main mantra traditions alongside hadi and sadi.
Where this term appears
- Four in the Morning Treatise
…within each of these run further distinctions of Kaula and Samaya and Kadi and Hadi and Sadi.
- Kameshvara - And The Four Acharas Treatise
The Saubhagya-Kadi lineage, in Bhaskararaya’s reading, treats Kaulachara as the legitimate path and recognises Samayachara as a parallel-but-different path.
- Nyasa As Architecture Treatise
The Saubhagya-Kadi lineage’s standard sequence draws operationally from the Nityotsava ’s detailed walks, supplemented by Bhaskararaya’s Varivasya Rahasya .
- Purascharana Treatise
The seasons that hold the practice The Saubhagya-Kadi tradition emphasises the four Navaratri periods - the nine-night periods occurring at the seasonal junctures (spring Vasanta Navaratri , summer Ashada Navar…
- The Body, Crown To Feet Treatise
…th external practice as the entry to internal practice. The Saubhagya-Kadi lineage’s intermediate position.
- The Caste And Gender Question Treatise
The Saubhagya-Kadi tradition Bhaskararaya established has been Brahmanical in its institutional embodiment — Bhaskararaya himself was a Brahmin householder, his disciple Umanandanatha was a Brahmin, the parampa…
- The Chariot Treatise
The construction itself was the subject of a major medieval dispute between the Hadi and Kadi lineages.
- The Closing Treatise
…ashmir foundation, the Kerala Hadi-Lopamudra tradition, the Saubhagya-Kadi line under Bhaskararaya, the Samaya matha tradition, the Tamil Siddha integration, the Bengali Shakta tradition, and the shape of the w…