The Tantric Sandhya is an imitation of the Vedic Sandhya, adapted to all classes of men, and it supplements the Vedic Sandhya by laying down a method of worshipping the Lord in the heart and of worshipping His image.
But the Tantras as a whole form the only science of practical occultism in Sanskrit, and the Vaishnava Upasana is strictly a Tantric Upasana.
It was in this fashion that the Buddhists of Magadha accepted Śâktist and tantric ideas.
There are also tantric ceremonies and in Assam the public worship of the Vishnuites has probably been influenced by the ritual of Lamas in neighbouring Buddhist countries.
Diagrams accompanied by letters and a few words are credited with magical powers, but still tantric spells are things to be recited rather than written.
But many of the works mentioned sound like late tantric texts rather than compositions of the early heretics to whom they are attributed.
Footnote 930: Suvarṇadvîpa, where he studied, must be Thaton and it is curious to find that it was a centre oftantric learning.
The title is interesting for it contains the name of the Tantric Buddha Heruka.
He would hardly have done this, had the clergy of Thaton been unfriendly to Tantric learning.
Tibetan historians state that at this epoch kings prohibited the translation of more than a few tantric works.
Footnote 171: They seem to have included tantric works of the Mahâkâlacakra type.
The Tibetan scriptures reflect the late Buddhism of Magadha when the great books of the Hinayanist Canon were neglected, though not wholly unknown, and a newtantric literature was flourishing exuberantly.
They perhaps were connected with the Vajrayâna, a phase of Tantric Buddhism.
In this respect the Tantricschool resembles the teaching of Bodhidharma but not in detail.
This revival was distinctly tantric and the most celebrated name connected with it is Atîśa.
A triangular plate of brass or copper may be taken as a substitute, and such plates are usually kept in the houses of Tantric Brahmans.
He has done very good service in civilising the lower classes to some extent and in suppressing the horrors of the Tantric worship.
The difficulty is that without a teacher they are very dangerous, and again and again a man trying to practice the Tantric methods without a teacher makes himself very ill.
One difficulty is that these Tantric works often use the name of a bodily organ to represent an astral or mental centre.
Copious materials for the study of Śâktism and Tantrism are being made available in the series of tantric texts edited in Sanskrit and Tibetan, and in some cases translated by the author who uses the pseudonym A.
More often the argument is that since the bliss of the Buddha consists in union with Târâ, nirvana can be obtained by sexual union here, and we find many of the tantric wizards represented as accompanied by female companions.
The Indian images of him are not feminine, although his sex is hardly noticed before the tantric period.
Madhva's exegesis is supported by a system oftantric or cabalistic interpretation in which every letter has a special meaning.
Footnote 787: An account of tantriccosmology can be found in Avalon, Mahân.
Footnote 720: But on the other hand some Tantras or tantric treatises recommend crazy abominations.
In Nepal and Tibet tantric Buddhism is fully developed but these countries have received so much from India that they exhibit not a parallel growth, but late Indian Tantrism as imported ready-made from Bengal.
But in Hinduism and Buddhism alike such words as Tantra and tantric acquire a special sense and imply the worship of the divine energy in a female form called by many names such as Kâlî in the former, Târâ in the latter.
Probably in Tibet, Nepal and mediæval Magadha alike the existence of disgraceful tantric literature does not indicate such widespread depravity as might be supposed.
This curious Darśana is represented as revealed by Śiva to Śakti and it is only an extreme example of the tantric doctrine that spiritual results can be obtained by physical means.
And if we look at the abuses of both systems the fossilized monk of the Hinayana will compare favourably with the tantric adept.
Walleser's introduction to Mittlere Lehre nach der Chinesischen Version The Dharmasangraha, a Sanskrit theological glossary, is also attributed to Nâgârjuna as well as the tantric work Pancakrama.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tantric" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
