Tantra · Shakta
Yogini Tantra
A late Shakta Tantra centred on Kamakhya and the goddess Kali; it openly records the Kirata (tribal) origin of the cult it transmits.
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Appears in
- Kamakhya: The Temple of the Goddess Temples
The Yogini Tantra links Kamakhya to Kali and extols the yoni as supreme.
- What is Tantra? Lineages
Tantra is a broad esoteric current within Hinduism (with parallels in Buddhism and Jainism) that seeks both liberation and power by working with divine energy,…
- The Circle Open to the Sky Treatise
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