Sanskrit literature can be classified under six orthodox headings and four secular headings. They are: (i) Shruti, (ii) Smriti, (iii) Itihasa, (iv) Purana, (v) Agama and (vi) Darshana; and (i) Subhashita, (ii) Kavya, (iii) Nataka and (iv) Alankara. The Agamas are theological treatises and practical manuals of divine worship. They include tantras, mantras and yantras. These treatises explain the external worship of God. All seventy-seven Agamas contain teachings on (i) jnana or knowledge, (ii) yoga or concentration, (iii) kriya or action, and (iv) charya or doing. They also give elaborate details about the ontology, cosmology, liberation, devotion, meditation, philosophy of mantras, mystic diagrams, charms and spells, temple-building, image-making, domestic observances, social rules and public festivals.
Brahma Yamala Tantra Pdf
In Kavacha the one Brahman is invoked by different names in order to protect different parts of the body. For example, Parabrahman is thought of as in the Sahasrara Padma in the head. The Supreme Lord is meditated upon in the heart. Protector of the world, Vishnu is invoked to protect the throat, so that the aspirant may utter the Mantras of his Ishta Devata.
The perennial gold like great chant which is secret from all tantras,Is with the fire of Lord Shiva and the Dot of the Goddess with the left eye,And that chant with one letter sings the glory of the Sun god. 2ff7e9595c
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