Vishnu yamala tantra pdf9/22/2023 ![]() If manu could call the vedas ‘veda shAstra’, veda shAstraM sanAtanam (12-99), the tantras can be called ‘siddhAnta shAstra’ with equal force. Often great scholars are conferred with the title ‘sarvatantra svatantra’ extolling their erudition and mastery of the shAstras. For instance, shankara in his brahmasUtra bhAshya (3.3.53), while commenting on pUrva mImAmsA darshana, refers to it in the style - prathama tantre - thereby implying that darshana and tantra are interchangeable terms. ![]() The different established systems of thought such as the mImAmsA, nyAya, vaisheShika usually delineated as darshanas are also often referred to as tantras. He who is well-versed in the siddhAnta is called a tAntrika.įor the price of a book, we can share that book online forever. Amarasimha says: tAntriko j~nAtasiddhAntaH He means thereby that Tantra is siddhAnta - an established system of knowledge and practices. TAntrikI shruti is called a siddhAnta Agama, a sAdhanA shAstra. ![]() S Rangachar Often tantra shAstra is characterized as ‘prayoga shAstra’ - a spiritual technique, a religious technology, a ‘Do-it-yourself’ shAstra for the aspirants. ![]()
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