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Grouping The Tantras
Grouping The Tantras
Grouping The Tantras
Here is an attempt to group tantras based on some random but connecting aspects.
Tantras which are listed in more than one krAnta:
bhUtaDAmara (viShNu, ratha), haMsamAheshvara (viShNu, ratha), vishuddheshvara (viShNu, ashva),
sammohana (viShNu, ashva [sammohinI?]), matsyasUkta (viShNu, ratha), navaratneshvara (viShNu, ratha),
yantrachintAmaNi (viShNu, ashva), kriyAsAra (viShNu, ashva).
Tantras which are deity-specific:
kAlI, vArAhI, gaNesha, chAmuNDA, muNDamAlA, devI, lalitA, rAdhA, bhairavI, kAmAkhyA, kumarI, kubjikA,
mahiShamardinI, mahAnIlA(a), ekajaTA, garuDa, bhairava, bAlA, rAjarAjeshvarI, lakShmI, uDDAmareshvara,
bhuvaneshvarI, gaurI, rAdhAmAdhava, lIlAvatI, shAradA, gAyatrI tantras.
Tantras expounding archana:
shivArchana, gurvarchana tantras.
Tattvabodhaka tantras:
tattvasAra, tattvachintAmaNi tantras.
Tantras expounding mantra shAstra as the main subject:
haMsamAheshvara, mAtR^ikodaya, bIjachintAmaNi, varNoddhR^iti, varNavilAsa, purashcharaNachandrikA
(twenty-second tantra in the rathAkrAnta list), purashcharaNarasollAsa, pa~nchadashI, prapa~nchasAra and
gAyatrI tantras.
Tantras named after the propagators:
sanatkumAra, vAsudeva-rahasya, bR^ihadgautamIya, nAradIya, nAgArjuna tantras.
Tantras dealing with specific Acharas:
samayAchAra, AcharasAra, chinAchara, chIna, bR^ihacchIna tantras.
Tantras dealing with siddhis:
siddhiyAmaLa, siddhasAra, siddhi(a)-sArasvata, siddhitaddhiri tantras.
Tantras dealing with generic aspects of mantra-tantra-yantra:
bIjachintAmaNi, bhUtasiddhi [a manuscript we have seen is called bhUtashuddhi], pradIkShA, bhUtalipi,
mantrachintAmaNi, yantrachintAmaNi tantras.
Tantras expounding yogashAstra:
yogasAra tantra, yogasvarodaya, yogArNava and yoga tantras.
Tantras with mokSha/j~nAna as the chief objective:
mokSha, mahAmokSha, bR^ihanmokSha and brahmaj~nAna tantras.
Tantras which exhibit sAdR^ishya not only in terms of content (in most of the cases but with exceptions) but also
in the name: