The Sanskrit term Śābaratantra can be transliterated into English as Sabaratantra or Shabaratantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: DSpace at Pondicherry: Siddha Cult in Tamilnadu (shaivism)

Sabaratantra (सबरतन्त्र) is one of the early Tāntric texts of the Kāpālika sect which contain significant information about the evolution of the Nātha Sect. This Tantra gives a list of twelve original Kāpālika teachers to whom the Kāpālika doctrine was revealed.

They are:

1. Ādinātha,
2. Anādi,
3. Kāla,
4. Atikālaka,
5. Karāla,
6. Vikarāla,
7. Mahākāla,
8. Kālabhairavanātha,
9. Baṭuka,
10. Bhūtanātha,
11. Vīranātha,
12. and Śrīkaṇṭha.

These twelve had twelve disciples:

1. Nāgārjuna,
2. Jaḍabharata,
3. Hariścandra,
4. Satyanātha,
5. Bhimanātha,
6. Gorakṣa,
7. Carpaṭa,
8. Avadya,
9. Vairāgya,
10. Kanthādhārin,
11. Jalandhara,
12. and Malayārjuna.

These pupils were the original promoters of the (Kāpālika) path (mārgapravartakas). Several of these names recur in traditional lists of nine Nāthas and eighty-four Siddhas of the Tibetan as well as Kānphaṭā Yogis, most notably the name of Gorakhnāth (Gorakṣa) himself.

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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.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (shaktism)

Śābaratantra (शाबरतन्त्र) or simply Śābara refers to one of the twenty-eight Gāruḍatantras, belonging to the Śāktāgama (or Śāktatantra) division of the Āgama tradition. The Śāktāgamas represent the wisdom imparted by Devī to Īśvara and convey the idea that the worship of Śakti is the means to attain liberation. According to the Pratiṣṭhālakṣaṇasamuccaya of Vairocana, the Śāktatantras are divided into to four parts, the Śābara-tantra belonging to the Garuḍa class.

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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.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society, Volume 4: Reviews and Notices

Śābaratantra (शाबरतन्त्र) is the name of a work related to Ayurveda and medicine referenced by the “cikitsa bidhane tantrasastra”—a Bengali work authored by ‘Krishna Chaitanya Thakur’ in three volumes dealing with the treatments for diseases and disorders collected from Tantric and Ayurvedic texts.—Eastern India is one of the major strongholds of Tantrism in South Asia, and this region, particularly Bengal, has played and still plays a prominent role in the development of Āyurveda. It is indeed a fact that much medically relevant material is to be found in [the Śābaratantra, or other] Tantric texts. The “cikitsā bidhāne tantraśāstra” (by Kṛṣṇacaitanya Ṭhākur) contains wealth of medicines and remedies for a large variety of diseases and disorders, arranged according to the individual diseases or disorders. The material presented is culled from a variety of texts [e.g., śābaratantra], [most of which] seem to be classed as Tantric, but some are quite obviously not so, though their material may be related to that to be found in Tantric texts.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Śābaratantra (शाबरतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—tantra. Oudh. Ix, 26. Np. Iii, 114. Bp. 88. 309. Śābaratantroktāḥ Ṣaṭprayogāḥ. K. 52.

2) Śābaratantra (शाबरतन्त्र):—tantra. Oudh. Xxi, 166.

3) Śābaratantra (शाबरतन्त्र):—As p. 199 (2 Mss. one inc.). Hpr. 1, 359.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śābaratantra (शाबरतन्त्र):—[=śābara-tantra] [from śābara] n. Name of [work]

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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.

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Partial matches: Shabara, Tantra.

Starts with: Shabaratantrasarvasva.

Full-text (+13): Shabaratantrasarvasva, Devashabaratantra, Siddhashabaratantra, Nagarjuna, Avadya, Malayarjuna, Jadabharata, Bhimanatha, Carpata, Kanthadharin, Vatuka, Atikalaka, Kalabhairavanatha, Bhutanatha, Viranatha, Satyanatha, Shrikantha, Adinatha, Vikarala, Jalandhara.

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