Tara in Hinduism
author: Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya
edition: 2003, Eastern Book Linkers
pages: 414
ISBN-10: 8178540215
Topic: Hinduism
Brahmanical Sources - Mayatantra (Maya-tantra)
This page describes Mayatantra (Maya-tantra) from page 124 in the book: Tara in Hinduism by Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya. This book represents a study of the Goddess Tara (तारा, tārā) and collects various standpoints regarding her cult from both Buddhist and Brahmanical sources. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms. It is part of the series “Tara from Brahmanical Textual Sources”.
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Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) [by Lathika M. P.]
Maya or Illusion. The theory of ‘maya is an important aspect of Shankara s philosophy. The conception of maya has a significant place in Vedantic view. The word maya appears in the ‘Brihadaranyakopanishad as a reference from the Rigveda. The ‘Prashna Upanishad maintains that to attain Brahman world one should not possess trickery (maya). Again ‘Shvetashvatara Upanishad outlines that through his maya, Brahma projected this world. He creates maya and the world is maya....
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Cidgaganacandrika (study) [by S. Mahalakshmi]
Three impurities (malas) reside in Maya as per Shaiva system and not in Svatantrya Shakti. Though being one, Svatantrya Shakti and Maya differ in the sense that Svatantrya Shakti is that state of energy which can produce the power of going down and coming up again, both at will, whereas Maya will only give you the strength of coming down and not the ability of rising up again. This is the reality of the state of Maya, which binds him....
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Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) [by Arthur Avalon]
She is Brahman united with Maya (Maya-vishishta-brahmarupini). The Nada-bindu Upanishad (v. 1) says: “A-kara is the right wing (of Om figured as a bird), U-kara is the other (left) wing, Ma-kara the tail, and Ardhamatra the head. Sattva is its body, and Rajas and Tamas are its two feet. Dharma is its right eye and Adharma is its left eye....
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