Tara in Hinduism
author: Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya
edition: 2003, Eastern Book Linkers
pages: 414
ISBN-10: 8178540215
Topic: Hinduism
Brahmanical Sources - Tantrasara (Tantra-sara)
This page describes Tantrasara (Tantra-sara) from pages 140-142 in the book: Tara in Hinduism by Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya. This book represents a study of the Goddess Tara (तारा, ) and collects various standpoints regarding her cult from both Buddhist and Brahmanical sources. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms. It is part of the series “Tara from Brahmanical Textual Sources�.
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Devi Tantra, Mantra, Yantra (study) [by Srider Basudevan Iyer]
According to the tantra, the initiation by a female preceptor is the best and the most recommended. 89 Types of Diksa. There are different methods employed by the Guru to initiate the competent sadhaka into the practices of tantra worship. Two different initiation process are mentioned in the different books of tantra. They can be categorized as follows: 90 (I) as given in the Nityotsava and, (II) as given in the Brihat-tantra-sara"....
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Isanasivagurudeva Paddhati (study) [by J. P. Prajith]
Kerala Tantric Literature (A Study in Brief). [[[ p. 43 ]]] Broadly speaking, the Tantric literature in Kerala may be divided into three periods - the period upto Naranattubhrantan , from then to the Tantra Samuccaya, and the post - Samuccaya period. The exact date regarding the life of Naranattubhrantan is not known, but it is generally assumed by scholars to have been 1500 yrs. ago. He was the brother of Mezhathol Agnihotri....
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Cidvilasastava by Amrtananda [by Brian Campbell and Ben Williams]
Tantraloka: The Light On and Of the Tantras with the Commentary Called Viveka by Jayaratha. Self-published, Anuttaratrikakula. Volumes I-XI. 2023. ––––––�. Manthanabhairavatantram Kumarikakhandah: Section Concerning the Virgin Goddess of the Tantra of the Churning Bhairava. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and D. K. Printworld. Volumes 1-14. 2009. ––––––�. "Self-Awareness, Own Being and Egoity. " in A Journey in the World of Tantras....
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