Guest guest Posted August 29, 2001 Report Share Posted August 29, 2001 namaste This message came to my mailbox and I think was intended for the whole list. Hence, I am forwarding it. Ravi ------------------- "Ganeshprasad" <bjganeshprasad Hariom, Ravi's praise is utpreksha of a person, bathed in ignorance, seeking knowledge , the final knowledge or Brahma vidya. well!! that apart I wuld say a few things on what others have been discussing from the past few days. Mudra : Mudra is defined in paramananda tantra as Modanaat dravanaat yasya saha mudreti prakeertitaha That which brings harsha or happiness to a person, by actions of the hand. A simple example wuld be doing namaskara a a welcome gesture of friendliness, which brings happiness to the beholder. In tantra the dasha mudras, are potrayed as dieties with a particular mudra formation, facing parameshwari as it brings happiness to her. It also is a vast field of sadhana in it, as onserved by others thro kechari mudra and others (Vidya shankara temple in sringeri is dedicated to a great sanyasi of the parampara who was an expert in khechari) Secondly, Tantra means " that which protects" or trayathe iti tantraha. Even the vedic yagnas are divided into shroutha tantra and grihya tantra. Tantra is used to denote strategy also, in the vedic sense. Atharvana veda, contains many tantra portions.. Atharvana veda itself is so vast that many tantras in solitary existence today, might have been a part of a bigger whole LOST DUE TO TIME. However the bhagvatha purana and kumarila bhattas karika speaks that Shruthi consists, both tantra and veda. So any tantra which is isolated without atharvana vedic association, is equally potent and recognised, prominent are Maharnava, Kularnava, Parananda etc.. The term Kali occurs in the Narada samhitha of atharvana veda. Kali also means one of the seven tongues of agni in rig veda. Any corrections are more than welcome, Sridhar , a speacial mention for ur keen eye . om - Ravisankar S. Mayavaram Wednesday, August 29, 2001 12:22 AM vedas and tantra shAstra (Re: Bhadra Kaalii) In our list, Sri Ganesh Prasad is very knowledgeable on tantra shastra and has also mastered large portions of rig and atharva vedas. Probably, he can shed more light on this matter. Ravi , sunderh@h... wrote: > Namaste, > > I found these references only. Wondered if other members > have > come across more details. > > > > http://pears2.lib.ohio-state.edu/FULLTEXT/JR-ENG/chak.htm > > Antiquity of Tantricism > By Chintaharan Chakravarti > The Indian Historical Quarterly > Vol. VI, No.1 March, 1930 pp. 114-126 > > The general view is that the Tantras originated from the > Saubhagya-kanda of the Atharva-Veda. Some of the Tantra works are > found to record this in definite terms. The Kalikularnava Tantra has > got two lines in the beginning stating "Now Devi says in the Atharvana > Samhita."(4) This in fact identifies this work as an > Atharvana-samhita, thus clearly hinting at the close connection of > the Atharvaveda with this Tantra. > ===== ambaaL daasan Ravi sharaNAgata raxakI nivEyani sadA ninnu nammiti mInAxI http://www.ambaa.org/ http://www.advaita-vedanta.org Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Messenger http://im. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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