tantras of each class follow a particular line of spiritual practice. Vamachara is particularly associated with the panchamakara or "Five Ms", also known...
8 KB (956 words) - 13:05, 23 September 2024
major schools of the Ganapatyas. He is worshipped primarily by heterodox vamachara rituals. He is one of the thirty-two forms of Ganesha, frequently mentioned...
9 KB (1,182 words) - 07:30, 7 July 2024
Tibet. She developed the term left-hand path as a translation of the term vamachara, an Indian Tantric practice that emphasised the breaking of Hindu societal...
11 KB (1,460 words) - 03:58, 20 September 2024
"right-hand path" tantrics (dakṣiṇācārin-s) do not follow these. In the Vamachara tradition, adherents engage in literal consumption and use of the Five...
7 KB (612 words) - 12:20, 16 September 2024
tantric sects that do not engage in heterodox practices. In contrast, vamachara ('left-hand path') is used to describe particular tantric practices that...
3 KB (292 words) - 04:24, 9 April 2024
followed by the Newar people in Nepal. Newar Hinduism is based on Kaula or Vamachara concept. Newar dance consists of sacred masked dance, religious dance...
4 KB (423 words) - 01:21, 23 September 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
9 KB (1,155 words) - 02:09, 7 October 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
9 KB (973 words) - 23:36, 30 June 2024
Tantra, which features forms of ritual practice considered "left-hand" (vamachara) such as the use of taboo substances like alcohol, consort practices,...
97 KB (11,622 words) - 14:28, 16 October 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
84 KB (8,576 words) - 19:50, 15 October 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
107 KB (10,479 words) - 04:05, 19 October 2024
to offer to the goddess. The goddess is worshipped according to both vamachara ("left-hand path") as well as the dakshinachara ("right-hand path") modes...
29 KB (3,564 words) - 11:26, 24 August 2024
practitioner sits on a corpse for meditation. Shava sadhana is part of the vamachara ('heterodox') practice of worship, which is followed by the esoteric Tantra...
17 KB (2,494 words) - 19:24, 24 August 2024
Buddha instructed Vasishtha to worship Tara through the practices of vamachara. During this time, Buddha had a vision of Tarapith as an ideal location...
16 KB (1,885 words) - 06:01, 14 August 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
72 KB (7,086 words) - 22:12, 12 October 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
9 KB (1,097 words) - 07:09, 13 September 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
4 KB (417 words) - 12:28, 2 October 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
55 KB (2,905 words) - 12:04, 9 October 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
11 KB (536 words) - 16:16, 8 October 2024
(Devanagari:हेरम्बसुत, IAST:Heraṃbasuta) was an Indian Tantric yogi who belonged to the vamachara Ganapatya sect. The tenth century work Śaṅkaravijaya attributed to certain...
2 KB (168 words) - 05:18, 1 June 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
6 KB (592 words) - 02:23, 23 July 2024
as Zoroastrianism, Ancient Egyptian religion, the Dionysian Mysteries, vamachara, and the modern Western occult left-hand path traditions, abstain from...
85 KB (9,480 words) - 19:25, 13 October 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
76 KB (8,491 words) - 03:51, 16 October 2024
sadhanas, which generally include a set of heterodox practices called vamachara (left-hand path), which utilise as a means of liberation, activities like...
124 KB (15,661 words) - 03:02, 19 October 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
55 KB (6,990 words) - 00:08, 14 October 2024
some historical information. The text is especially important for the vamachara form of tantric worship. The Northeast Indian Yogini Tantra manuscript...
4 KB (442 words) - 11:55, 24 February 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
5 KB (530 words) - 16:22, 3 September 2024
Saundarya Lahari Annada Mangal Ramprasadi Abirami Antati Schools Vidya margam Vamachara Dakshinachara Kula margam Srikulam Kalikulam Trika (Kashmir Shaivism)...
12 KB (1,573 words) - 13:26, 15 October 2024
("right-hand path"), as opposed to the more infamous and transgressive vamachara ("left-hand path"). These serpents and jackals are shown to drink Raktabīja's...
64 KB (7,672 words) - 06:07, 18 October 2024
in different methods: Dakshinachara (Right-Hand Path) (Sātvika rites), Vamachara (Left-Hand Path) (Rajas rites) and Madhyama (Mixed) (Tamasa rites) in...
19 KB (2,087 words) - 04:56, 19 October 2024