Guest guest Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 "The Origin and History of Tantra The word "Tantra" comes from the root tan, to "extend", "continue", multiply". "Tantra" means "what extends knowledge". Some Indian pandits and Western scholars argue that Tantra constitutes the continuation of the original Indian aboriginal tradition (especially the Dravidian), which predates the coming of the Indo-European Aryan invaders and their Vedic religion (2nd millenium b.c.e.). According to this theory, the ritualistic Vedism and the yogic-mystical aboriginal tradition co-existed independently for some time. But the Aryan political takeover, and intermarriage with the native population, resulted in the Dravidian religion being assimilated into the Vedic the result of the merger being the mystical Hinduism of the Upanishads. Growing out of this yogic tradition, Tantra appears in provinces that had not been strongly Vedicised: e.g. the Northwest, Bengal, and the South (Eliade, Ibid p.201) in the fourth century of the common era. Within the space of a few centuries it had attained pan- Indian inflence. A number of distinct and independent branches developed, so that one can speak of Mahayana Buddhist tantrism (Tibetan Vajrayana, "adamantine vehicle", and Japanese Shingon "Mantra teaching") Shaivite tantrism (in Kashmir, emphasising the monistic Vedantic perspective), Natha tantrism (a hybrid Shaivite yogic movement), Shakta tantra (in Bengal, emphasising the chakras, kundalini, and occult practices), cosmological tantrism (the Pancharatra movement), Jain tantrism, and even Vaishvana tantrism (among devotees of Vishnu and Krishna)." http://www.kheper.net/topics/Tantra/history.htm This is a commonly held point of view among serious researchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 meanings of "tantra" Tantra = 1.a loom 2.a thread 3.the warp or threads extended lengthwise in a loom 4.posterity 5.an uninterrupted series 6.the regular order of ceremonies and rites 7.main point 8.principal doctrine 9.subservience 10.a scientific work 11.a chapter 12.a religious treatise teaching magical and mystical formularies for the worship of the deities or the attainment of superhuman power 13.the cause of more than one effect 14.a spell 15.a chief remedy or charm 16.a drug 17.an oach 18.raiment 19.the right way of doing anything 20.royal retinue 21.a realm 22.government 23.an army 24.a heap 25.a house 26.decoration 27.wealth 28.happiness 29.model 30.supporting a family 31.providing for the security and prosperity of a kingdom 32.a group of acts or subsidiaries common to several pradhaanakarmas or things 33.the order of the world 34.a detail (matter or thing) which is subservient to (i. e. serves the purpose of) several things simultaneously These are the meanings available on net. the closest meanings is no.5,7,10.34 The world "tantra =a scientific work" looks better Tan=Tanu=human body if Tra = tool Tantra= technic by body tool Tanyata=elasticity mantra man=mind tra=tool mantra=mindtool many scripts end with "tantra" and we use this world in everyday life means "technic" Kutantra= bad planning technic sutantra=good planned technic --- Tatwamasi <tatwamasi wrote: > > "The Origin and History of Tantra > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Namste: You are correct word tantra is derived from the "tanu vistaare" meaning expansion, through which adhyatmaj~naana and tattvaj~naana is expounded. tenoti vipulaanarthan tattvamantrasamanvitaan | traaNaM ca kurute yasmaat tantramityabhidhiiyate || Liberal Meaning – A methodology tattva and mantra with general meaning for expansion is known as tantra. kulaarNava tantra has an interesting shloka that signifies the importance of tranta. advitaM kecidicchhanti dvaitamicchhanti caapare | mama tattvaM vijaanato dvaitaadvaitavivarjitam || Meaning – Some aspirants desire (prefer) to be in dvaitaa, where as some are deserious of advaita. However, knowledgeable folks (j~naate) aspire for dvaitaadvaita-vivarjita tattva. Just some thoughts, Dr. Yadu , "Tatwamasi" <tatwamasi> wrote: > > > "The Origin and History of Tantra > The word "Tantra" comes from the root tan, to "extend", "continue", > multiply". "Tantra" means "what extends knowledge". > > > > http://www.kheper.net/topics/Tantra/history.htm > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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