Tantraraja, Tantrarāja: 5 definitions
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Tantraraja means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramTantrarāja (तन्त्रराज) refers to the “king of the Tantras”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “Accompanied by the Sun, Moon and Fire, adorned with the thirteen, endowed with the energy of Sound and the Drop, he is the lord of the seed-syllables in the south. He is the very powerful Bhairava, the king of the Tantras (tantrarāja) of the south. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesTantrarāja (तन्त्रराज) refers to the “king of Tantras”, according to colophon 11 of the Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, “This ends the great king of Yoginītantras named ‘Glorious Ocean of Ḍākas’, the king of Tantras (tantrarāja), [which is] the same as the so-called ‘the First of the Six Oceans’, [namely] the first, the ‘Ocean of Ḍākas’, residing on the ‘Ocean of Yoga’, ‘[Ocean of] Gnosis’, ‘[Ocean of] Restraint’, ‘[Ocean of] Actions’, and ‘[Ocean of] Truth’”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Tantrarāja (तन्त्रराज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—tantra. Io. 93. Paris. (Tel. 22). B. 4, 256. Ben. 41 (and—[commentary]). Bik. 616. Pheh. 1. Np. V, 22. X, 40. P. 15. Poona. Ii, 230. Oppert. Ii, 620. 3410. 4628. Quoted by Sundaradeva Hall. p. 17, in Tantrasāra Oxf. 95^a, by Gaurīkānta Oxf. 108^b. Compare Brahmajñānamahātantrarāja.
—[commentary] Bik. 617. Oppert. Ii, 8224.
—[commentary] Manoramā by Prakāśānanda. L. 2204. K. 46.
—[commentary] Sudarśanā by Premanidhi Pantha. NW. 194. Oudh. Xi, 34.
—[commentary] by Śivarāma. K. 40.
—[commentary] Manoramā by Subhagānanda. NW. 192. Np. Iii, 32. Poona. Ii, 230. Tantrarāje Śaktisaṃgama (first khaṇḍa). Bhk. 38.
2) Tantrarāja (तन्त्रराज):—med. by Jābāla. Mentioned in Brahmavaivartapurāṇa Oxf. 22^b.
3) Tantrarāja (तन्त्रराज):—[tantric] Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 31. L. 3382. Stein 229 ([fragmentary]).
—[commentary] Sudarśanā by Premanidhi Pantha. Stein 230.
—[commentary] by Śivarāmaprakāśa. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 31.
—[commentary] Manoramā by Subhagānanda. Stein 229 (inc.). 230 (inc.).
4) Tantrarāja (तन्त्रराज):—tantra. C. by Subhagānanda. Adyar Libr. 57.
5) Tantrarāja (तन्त्रराज):—by Kāśīrāma Vācaspati. Hr Notices Vol. Xiii, Pref. p. 5.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryTantrarāja (तन्त्रराज):—[=tantra-rāja] [from tantra > tan] m. Name of [work] [Tantrasāra i; Ānanda-laharī 99 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Raja, Tantra.
Starts with: Tantrarajaka.
Ends with: Brahmajnanamahatantraraja, Mahatantraraja, Mayajalamahatantraraja, Samgamatantraraja, Svacchandatantraraja, Svachandatantraraja, Vajradakamahatantraraja.
Full-text (+16): Tantraratna, Kashirama vacaspati, Svacchandatantraraja, Samgamatantraraja, Mahatantraraja, Dakshinacara, Chedini, Prakashananda, Stri, Mantradosha, Kurmavibhaga, Kurmacakra, Phetkarin, Kshemakari, Humkari, Humrava, Padukasiddhi, Navanatha, Varahi, Daksha.
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