31Jul 2017

VESTIGIAL PRACTICES OF TANTRIC TRADITION: AN ANALYSIS OF YOGA AND ITS SURVIVAL.

  • Ph.D. Research Scholar Department of History University of Hyderabad India.
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Tantra, the misunderstood Indic religious tradition had been a topic of fascination for both western and Indian scholars. Albeit comprised of a vast domain of rituals and practices, it has frequently been viewed through the lens of left- handed practices. Yoga comprised one of the vestigial practices in Tantric tradition. The article makes an attempt to examine the crux of tantric yoga, its commercialization like workshops, events and survival in popular culture by collaborating it with sexual union. Tantric yoga comprises a philosophical sphere including body and mind and does not limit itself to sexual perspective. To embrace and blend with popular culture habitually the philosophical sphere is left aside. The article also makes an attempt to identify the roots of misrepresentation of Tantra. Esoteric nature of Tantra does not give away the precise meaning of its tradition and thus it is often misrepresented. This augments a flawed understanding, which could be erased by undertaking an extensive study of the same.

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[Nilam Kakati. (2017); VESTIGIAL PRACTICES OF TANTRIC TRADITION: AN ANALYSIS OF YOGA AND ITS SURVIVAL. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 2709-2712] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Nilam Kakati
Ph. D Research Scholar in University of Hyderabad

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5014      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5014

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