The Sanskrit term Mahāmokṣatantra can be transliterated into English as Mahamoksatantra or Mahamokshatantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (shai)

Mahāmokṣatantra (महामोक्षतन्त्र) is the name of a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)” by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri [=Mahāmahopādhyāya Haraprasād Śāstri].—Manuscript information is as follows: Substance: country-made paper, 13 × 3 inches. Amount of Folia: 112, with 8 lines on a page. Extend 3,024 ślokas. Character, Bengali. Date, [?]. Place of deposit: Dhaka, Vikramapura Majhapada, Babu Rasavihari Raya [=Ḍhākā, Vikramapura, Majhapādā, Babu Rāsavihārī Rāya]. Appearance, new. Verse. Incorrect. It appears to represent a spiritual discussion regarding enlightenment. The final colophon contains descriptive titles such as “Śaṅkarī-Śaṅkara-Saṃvāda”, “Mahāmokṣakalpa”, “Sthūlasūkṣmādibrahma-Yogavivaraṇa” and “Catuḥṣaṣṭitama-paṭala”.

The Mahāmokṣatantra is a large work thoroughly Brahmanic in character. Mahāmokṣa means the highest form of salvation, the nirvāṇa. This work treats of mahāmokṣa as opposed to other forms of salvation such as sālokya, residing in the same region with the Supreme Spirit, sārūpya, having the same form with him and, sāyujya, to be united with him. Keeping mahāmokṣa as the great object in view the work treats of the cosmogony, the various regions one above the other, the bibliography of the Tantrika literature, and various other topics. The Mahāmokṣatantra also treats the universe as the macrocosm and the human body which is simply a miniature of the universe as microcosm. The Mahāmokṣatantra has hymns to all the eighteen forms of Śakti, giving one hundred names in each hymn, each name having the initial letter of the deity concerned.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) 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.

India history and geography

Source: Baba Updravinath's blog: Tantra Yoga Sadhana

Mahāmokṣatantra (महामोक्षतन्त्र) is the name of a Tantra categorized as “Aśvakrānta”, and is mentioned in a (further unknown) book in the possession of Kamlesh Punyark [=Śrī Kamaleśa Puṇyārka or श्री कमलेश पुण्यार्क].—This book contains a detailed discussion of the basics of Tantra and opens with a list of three times sixty-four Tantras. One such text is the महामोक्षतन्त्रम् [mahāmokṣatantram] or महामोक्ष-तन्त्र [mahāmokṣa-tantra].

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Mahāmokṣatantra (महामोक्षतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—in 64 Paṭala. Hpr. 1, 278.

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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: Mahamoksha, Tantra.

Full-text (+664): Mahamoksha, Bhuvaneshvari, Ashvakranta, Shatcakra, Yoga, Diksa, Bhairavi, Dharmatantra, Yonitantra, Annadata, Kubjika, Bindutantra, Merutantra, Mohanatantra, Gurutantra, Niruttaratantra, Svatantratantra, Gautamiya, Todala, Kalivilasa.

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