Catushpitha
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Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram
Catuṣpīṭha (चतुष्पीठ) [Cf. Pīṭhacatuṣṭaya refers to the “four sacred seats”, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “The Samayā (Vidyā) is in the four sacred seats i.e., catuṣpīṭha. They have all come from there. It is accomplished (easily) without reflection by the (practice of) the Yoga of Stillness (nirācāra)”.
Catuṣpīṭha may be either an abbreviation of the scriptural title Catuṣpīṭhatantra or the name of the textual cycle and teachings directly or supposedly based on that scripture. The Catuṣpīṭhatantra is one of the earlier yoginītantras, the penultimate wave of scriptural revelation in Indian esoteric Buddhism. It was composed most likely in the late 9th century in northeast Indi…