Srikula

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Hindu religious tradition Shakta tradition

Srikula is a tradition within Shaktism that centers on the worship of the goddess Sri (often identified with Tripura Sundari or Lalita) as the supreme divine reality.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Srikula canonical	3
Srikula means ‘family or lineage of Sri’	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu religious tradition ⓘ Shakta tradition ⓘ
associatedWith	Lalita Tripura Sundari cult ⓘ Sri Yantra ⓘ surface form: Sri Chakra Sri Vidya ⓘ
contrastedWith	Kalikula ⓘ
cosmology	goddess as source of universe ⓘ goddess as ultimate reality ⓘ
devotionalStyle	emphasis on refined, aesthetic worship ⓘ use of elaborate puja and ritual ⓘ
emphasis	auspiciousness of Sri ⓘ beauty and grace of the goddess ⓘ goddess as benign and sovereign ⓘ
ethicalEmphasis	devotion, purity, and reverence to the goddess ⓘ
etymology	Srikula self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Srikula means ‘family or lineage of Sri’
geographicalAssociation	South India ⓘ Sri Vidya ⓘ surface form: Sri Lanka (in some Shakta circles)
goalOfPractice	liberation through grace of the goddess ⓘ realization of unity with Sri ⓘ
lineageType	esoteric tantric lineage ⓘ
metaphysicalClaim	Sri as both immanent and transcendent ⓘ Sri as identity of individual self and absolute ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation	non-dual Shakta theology ⓘ
primaryDeity	Lalita ⓘ Sri ⓘ Tripura Sundari ⓘ
relatedConcept	Tripura (three worlds) ⓘ surface form: Tripura (three cities or three states of consciousness)
religiousContext	Shaktism ⓘ
ritualFocus	Sri Chakra worship ⓘ mantra and yantra of Sri Vidya ⓘ
scripturalBasis	Lalita Sahasranama ⓘ Tripura Rahasya ⓘ various Sri Vidya Tantras ⓘ
symbol	Sri Chakra as body of the goddess ⓘ red color associated with Sri ⓘ
theologicalView	Sri as supreme divine reality ⓘ
transmission	guru-disciple initiation ⓘ
viewOfGoddess	goddess as mother and queen ⓘ goddess as personification of prosperity and auspiciousness ⓘ
worshipFocus	Lalita as supreme ⓘ Tripura Sundari as supreme ⓘ goddess Sri ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaktism → majorBranch → Srikula ⓘ

Kalikula → contrastedWith → Srikula ⓘ

Shaktas → hasSubtradition → Srikula ⓘ

Srikula → etymology → Srikula self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Srikula means ‘family or lineage of Sri’