putraka
पुत्रक putrakaLiterally a son - in the Shaiva Siddhanta the second grade of initiate, one who has received the liberating nirvana-diksha and so is assured of release at death, without holding the office of a sadhaka or the teaching authority of an acharya.
Where this term appears
- What is Diksha? Lineages
Above him is the putraka , literally the little son, the one given the full liberating initiation, the nirvana-diksha , that guarantees release.
- Samaya: the fetter and who was spared it Lineages
At 4.90 the seeded initiation is placed with the putraka and the acharya , the serious grades.
- The Nisvasa: the oldest tantra, and what it does not yet know Lineages
… to be called simply a sadhaka , and the fourfold ladder of samayin , putraka , sadhaka and acarya that later Shaivism runs on is missing.
- The Svacchanda Tantra: the fight over what was in the cup Lineages
The verse after that gives three further grades a row each. The putrakas , initiated for liberation.