Brihattantrasara, Bṛhattantrasāra, Brihat-tantrasara: 1 definition

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Brihattantrasara 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.

The Sanskrit term Bṛhattantrasāra can be transliterated into English as Brhattantrasara or Brihattantrasara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

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Source: escholarship: Gāruḍa Medicine: A History of Snakebite and Religious Healing in South Asia

Bṛhattantrasāra (बृहत्तन्त्रसार) (or simply Tantrasāra) by Kṛṣṇānanda Vāgīśa’s (i.e., Kṛṣṇānanda Āgamavāgīśa Bhaṭṭācārya) is a Tantric digest composed in Bengal in the last part of the sixteenth century and still widely influential there today. The section of most interest, labeled “garuḍamantra” begins with a coded version of the Vipati-mantra, apparently drawn from the Śāradātilaka because the verse is identical. What follows, not drawn from the Śāradātilaka, is a relatively detailed summary of the major ancillary mantras, nyāsa procedures, and visualization to be used with the Vipati for curing snakebite. [...] The Bṛhattantrasāra also has passages on Tvaritā and Bheruṇḍā vidyās, but only in their identities as Nityā goddesses, and without any association with snakebite.

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