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 General introduction to Agamas and Tantra

• Agama shashtra are of tantra .

• Nigam and agama( veda and tantra)
• The Agamas (Devanagari: आगम: āgama) are a collection of scriptures of
several Hindu devotional schools. The term literally means tradition or "that which has
come down", and the Agama texts describe cosmology, epistemology, philosophical
doctrines, precepts on meditation and practices, four kinds of yoga, mantras, temple
construction, deity worship and ways to attain sixfold desires. These canonical texts are
in Sanskrit and Tamil (written in Grantha script and Tamil script).
 Yoga in Tantra
• Hatha yoga is the foundation of tantra.
• Asan , pranayama, pratyahara, dharna, dhyana, Samadhi.
• Pancha makara:
• म ांस(खेचरी मुद्र )
• मदिर (खेचरी से अमृतप न)
• मुद्र (श म्भवी,मह वेध,खेचरी,शन्मुखी,उन्मनी)
• मत्स्य(मन की सम प्ति)
• मैथुन(कुण्डदिनी शप्ति और दशव क दमिन)
 Concepts of Nadi and Prana in Tantra

• 72000 nadis
• 3 main naadis – ida, pingla shushumna
• Ganga Yamuna Saraswati
• Mental physical and spiritual energies.
• Prana Shakti chetna Shakti and aatma Shakti
 Prana: 5 main , 5 sub types

• Prana Naag
• apana Kurma
• samana Krikal
• udana Devdutta
• vyana Dhananjay
 Kundalini, Effects of Kundalini Shakti and Shatchakra Sadhana

• Methods of awakening Kundalini Shakti.

• 1. Mantra Sadhana
• 2. Pranayama
• 3. Aushadhi
• 4.Shaktipaat – siddha yoga, naath parampara,
shankaracharya parampara.