The Nervous System in Yoga and Tantra (Study)
by Ashok Majumdar | 1981 | 72,079 words
This study deals with the presentation of the Nervous System in Yoga, Tantra and Ayurveda. Yoga and Ayurveda are allied sciences dealing with science of man in depth. Whereas Yoga and Tantra are the rich sources for the knowledge of nervous system and its biological and metaphysical aspects. This study has revealed a number of hither to unknown fac...
5. Tantricism in Jain literature
In the Jain canocial works in Prant too we meet with traces of Tranticism. In the Stha Manga Sutra (IV:4) Mahavira refers to the Saya-Vadins who are supposed to 38 have been sensulists. The Uttaradhyayana: Sutra has 39 reference to curative spells. The Sutra Kritaniga (11.2) mentions men who practice incantations (atharvani) and conjuring to make one happy or miserable. 40