A Glossary of Tantric Terms


 * Project:Placing ideas within appropriate contexts - some issues to be aware of

A

 * abhaya
 * Abhinavagupta
 * Aghori
 * Agama
 * ahamkara
 * ahimsa
 * akasa
 * ananda
 * ankusha
 * Apsaras
 * Ardhanarishvara
 * artha
 * Arthava Veda
 * asana
 * atma/atman
 * avatar
 * ayurveda

B

 * Bagalamukhi
 * Bhakti
 * bhoga
 * bhuta
 * bija
 * bindu
 * Brahma/Brahman
 * Brahma vidya
 * buddhi

C

 * Caitanya
 * chakra
 * Chekata
 * chela
 * chitta
 * Colour symbolism

D

 * Dattatreya
 * darshan
 * deva/devi
 * dharana
 * dharma
 * dhuni
 * dhyana
 * digambari
 * diksha
 * divja

E

 * eight directions
 * elements, 5

F

 * The Four States
 * The Five M-words

G

 * Ganas
 * Ganapati
 * Gandharvas
 * Ganesha
 * Gauri
 * Goraknath
 * grahas
 * granthi
 * gunas
 * guru

H

 * homa
 * hridya

I

 * Iccha

J

 * -ji
 * japas
 * jiva
 * jnana

K

 * kala
 * Kali
 * Kali Yuga
 * kalpa
 * Kama
 * Kanphata
 * kapala
 * Kapalika
 * Kaula
 * Karma
 * Khartabhaja
 * Klesha
 * Krishna
 * kriya
 * Kubjika
 * Kula
 * Kundalini

L

 * Lakshmi
 * Lalita
 * lila
 * lingam
 * loka
 * lokapalas

M

 * Mahavidyas
 * mala
 * mantra
 * Matsyendranath
 * Maya
 * Mohini
 * moksha
 * mudra
 * mukti

N

 * nadi
 * naga
 * Nath
 * Neo-Tantrism
 * nitya
 * niyama
 * number symbolism
 * nyasa

P

 * parada
 * parampara
 * pashu
 * Pashupatas
 * Patanjali
 * phat
 * pitha
 * Prakriti
 * prana
 * prasada
 * puja
 * purana

R

 * Radha
 * Rajas
 * Ramakrishna
 * Rasa
 * rishi
 * Rudra
 * rupa

S

 * sadhaka
 * sadhana
 * sadhu
 * sahaja
 * Sahajiyas
 * Sahkibhava
 * sama
 * samadhi
 * samhita
 * samprayada
 * satya
 * shabda
 * Shakti
 * shastra
 * Shiva
 * shloka
 * Siddha
 * siddhi
 * smashana
 * soma
 * spanda
 * Sri Vidya
 * Sushumna
 * svaha
 * Svecchacharya

T

 * tamas
 * tapas
 * tattva
 * Trika

U

 * Upanisad

V

 * vajra
 * vama
 * vara
 * Vaisnava
 * Veda
 * Vedanta
 * vetala
 * Vidya
 * vira
 * Vishnu

Y

 * yantra
 * yogini
 * yoni
 * yuga