तंत्र
रूपांतरण का विज्ञान
तांत्रिक परंपराएँ दार्शनिक और ऐतिहासिक रूप से बहुत विविध हैं। यह खंड उन्हें उनके अपने इतिहास, ग्रंथों, पारिभाषिक शब्दों और साधना-पद्धतियों के माध्यम से प्रस्तुत करता है — प्रत्येक को उसके अपने संदर्भ में।
परंपरानाद ब्रह्मचैतन्य • अनाहत • परब्रह्मNaad Brahm is an inward spiritual journey toward the primordial principle from which sound, knowledge, creation, and consciousness arise. It moves beyond external forms of practice to explore the living essence of Shabda the subtle inner sound through which awareness turns inward. Through disciplined practice and guidance, the seeker gradually moves from the audible to the subtle, from sound toward silence, and from experience toward direct awareness. Its deeper purpose is not merely to hear a sound, but to recognize the consciousness from which sound itself emerges.
परंपराब्रह्मास्त्र विद्यासामर्थ्य • शक्ति • सन्तुलनBrahmāstra Vidyā is presented not as an external weapon or a collection of rituals, but as a profound inner discipline rooted in Brahm, consciousness, self-mastery and surrender.
It cannot be reduced to a course, mantra or intellectual knowledge. Its foundation lies in adhikāra, purification, discipline, Guru-guidance, devotion and surrender ultimately leading the practitioner from limited identity toward the direct recognition of Brahm through lived experience.
अवधारणाश्रीविद्याइच्छा • क्रिया • ज्ञानAt its heart, Shree Vidya is not merely about worshipping the Divine as something external. It is a journey toward recognising the sacred presence that, according to its non-dual interpretations, permeates existence and one's own deepest awareness. Where the geometry of existence, the power of consciousness and the journey of self-realisation converge.The ultimate essence of Śrī Vidyā is the recognition that the Divine is not merely something to be worshipped outside oneself, but the very consciousness through which all experience becomes possible.
अवधारणाDikshaदीक्षाInitiation. What it confers, and what it is understood to do, differs by school — this is one of the terms where a general definition misleads most.
साधनाNyasaन्यासThe ritual placing of mantra or deity onto parts of the body. Documented as embodied ritual, described here as context rather than procedure.
अवधारणाMalaमलImpurity, in the technical sense of a limiting condition on consciousness — not moral stain and not the rosary of the same spelling in English.
अवधारणाKulaकुलFamily, clan or totality. A term whose meaning varies enough across texts and lineages that no single definition serves.
अवधारणाShivaशिवIn non-dual Shaiva philosophy, the name for consciousness itself. The philosophical use is distinct from the puranic deity of the same name.
अवधारणाShaktiशक्तिPower or capacity. In Shakta and non-dual Shaiva traditions, the active aspect of reality — though what that means differs sharply between schools.
ग्रंथSpandakarikaस्पन्दकारिकाThe root verse text of the Spanda material, with several surviving commentaries.
अवधारणाTattvaतत्त्वA category of reality. The number and ordering of tattvas differ between systems and should not be treated as one shared scheme.
परंपराSpandaस्पन्दA concept in the Kashmir Shaiva traditions describing consciousness as inherently dynamic rather than inert.