dakshinachara
दक्षिणाचार dakṣiṇācāraThe 'right-hand' path of tantra, which keeps to Vedic norms of purity and treats the transgressive elements symbolically.
Where this term appears
- What is Tantra? Lineages
Dakshinachara , the "right-hand" approach, is orthodox, symbolic, and socially acceptable.
- Kamakhya: The Temple of the Goddess Temples
There is dakshinachara , the "right-hand" path, with its vegetarian offerings and outward decorum.
- Kameshvara - And The Four Acharas Treatise
…ation that is the only operationally effective approach to the union. Dakshinachara - the “right-hand” mode.
- The Bengali Shakta And Vamachara Sub-Lineages Treatise
…r Bengali Brahmin community — most Bengali Shakta households practice Dakshinachara (the right-hand path) that does not include the literal makara engagement.
- The Dispute Frame Treatise
… sexual union) are to be taken literally (Vamachara) or symbolically (Dakshinachara).
- The Kaula-Samaya Dispute Treatise
The question that the Vamachara sub-lineages and the Dakshinachara mainstream tradition have, across centuries, answered differently.
- The Man Who Drew a Line Treatise
This is the Dakshinachara middle, the lineage that holds the Lalita Sahasranama and the Brahmanda Purana framework as central, that integrates ritual worship with internal contemplation without insisting on eit…
- The Panchamakara Question Treatise
…the substances symbolically The symbolic interpretation — held by the Dakshinachara mainstream tradition and by most of the contemporary Sri Vidya lineages — reads the Panchamakara as a symbolic vocabulary for …