Tantric Mantra: 1 definition
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Tantric Mantra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra TantraTantric Mantras and Vedic Mantras are both used in ritual and meditation鈥攖wo practices that are sometimes impossible to distinguish鈥攁nd can be recited aloud, inaudibly, mentally, or can be left unenunciated. Further, though Vedic mantras are often verses of the Vedas themselves, Tantric mantras do not directly come from Sanskrit verses, being instead made of phonemes that have no obvious syntactic value. When used in ritual, neither type of mantras are treated as verse. Instead, practitioners use both Vedic and Tantric mantras as ritual objects connected to, but not defined by, the meanings assigned to their words or phonemes.
Tantric and Vedic Mantras diverge in the Tantric use of phonemes. In the Tantric system, practitioners consider the Mantric phonemes to be identical to the deities themselves. In addition to aural expression, the Mantrin performs the placement (苍测腻蝉补) of the mantra. Here, he manifests the Mantric phonemes on the bodies of other practitioners as well as on 尘补峁囜笉补濒补蝉, cakras, and yantras.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
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Partial matches: Mantra, Tantra.
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Diksha (initiation) in Pancharatra (by Shanta Srinivasan)
7. Regarding the validity of Pancharatra < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 67 < [Volume 7 (1883)]
Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
Devi Tantra, Mantra, Yantra (study) (by Srider Basudevan Iyer)
The concept of Mantra (instrument of thought) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
The Nervous System in Yoga and Tantra (Study) (by Ashok Majumdar)
3. Tantricism in the Vedas < [Chapter 4 - Origin and Development of Tantra]
7. The concept of Matrika (鈥榤other鈥� vibrations) < [Chapter 5 - Exposition of Thought science, Tantra and Mantra]
Cidvilasastava by Amrtananda (by Brian Campbell and Ben Williams)