upagama
upāgamaA subsidiary scripture hanging off a root Agama. The twenty-eight Shaiva Agamas are traditionally said to generate two hundred and seven or two hundred and eight upagamas between them, a South Indian count of a canon and not a count of surviving books.
Where this term appears
- The 28 Śaiva Āgamas Lineages
They are usually treated as upāgamas , subsidiary texts hanging off a root.
- The Types of Tantra Lineages
Ten Śivabhedas and eighteen Rudrabhedas , with subsidiary scriptures, upāgamas , bringing the traditional South Indian total to two hundred and seven or two hundred and eight.