Tantramantra, Tantra-mantra: 1 definition
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Tantramantra 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)Tantramantra (तन्त्रमन्त्र) refers to “spells and tantras”, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 226).—There are apparently several Tantric rites that Bāṇa pejoratively associates with the priest: he, “the ageing Draviḍa religious man” “demeans Durgā with his prayers for the boon of sovereignty over the Southern lands”; “he had copied a hymn to Durgā (durgāstotra) on a strip of cloth”, “he had collected palm-leaf manuscripts of spells, Tantras (tantramantra) and jugglery the letters of which were written in red lac and fumigated with smoke” [...].
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Tantra, Mantra.
Starts with: Tantramantraprakasha.
Full-text: Thathummathum, Thatummatum, Thaturamatura, Thathommathom, Tantramantraprakasha, Dhandaradhandara Pravartati, Thantaramantara, Veda, Mantra.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.82 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Homage to Sri M. P. Pandit < [April – June, 1993]
‘The Triple Stream’ < [January 1956]
‘The Triple Stream’ < [January 1956]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter LXXX - Display of the quintuple elements < [Book VI - Nirvana prakarana part 1 (nirvana prakarana)]
Shakti and Shakta (by John Woodroffe)
Chapter XXVI - Śākta Sādhanā (the Ordinary Ritual) < [Section 3 - Ritual]