Tantra & Shatkarm in reference with scriptures

There are several scriptures of tantra are available in today's date. But it has also been said that most of the ancient tantra scriptures were burnt down invaders in Takshshila and many were stolen by buddhists , as today if you might have seen buddhist tantra granths . you can easily find signs of vedic tantra . Buddhist adapted hindu's kaul tantra practices and named it vajrayan tantra

Almost every tantra granth is written in form of conversation between two. Whether it may be between shiva and shakti , bhairava and bhairavi or someone else. Tantra shashtras are aagam shashtra , their knowledge could only be transferred to one another only either by listening or by guru's words. Shiva first gave knowledge of tantra to his consort devi shakti. Later on it was transferred down to disciples according to their guru parampara.

There are 64 tantra granths which are called the pillars of tantra which are mentioned below

1. Swatantra Tantra

2. Theth Karini Tantra

3. Uttar Tantra

4. Neel Tantra

5. Veer Tantra

6. Kumari Tantra

7. Kali Tantra

8. Narayani Tantra

9. Tarani Tantra

10. Bala Tantra

11. Matrika Tantra

12. Sant Kumar Tantra

13. Samayachar Tantra

14. Bhairav Tantra

15. Bhairavi Tantra

16. Tripura Tantra

17. Vamkishwar Tantra

18. Kutkuteshwar Tantra

19. Vishudh Deveshawar Tantra

20. Sammohan Tantra

21. Gopiniay Tantra

22. Brihaddautami Tantra

23. Bhoot Bhairav Tantra

24. Chamunda Tantra

25. Pingla Tantra

26. Parahi Tantra

27. Mund Mala Tantra

28. Yogini Tantra

29. Malini Vijay Tantra

30. Swachand Bhairav Tantra

31. Maha Tantra

32. Shakti Tantra

33. Chintamani Tantra

34. Unmat Bhairav Tantra

35. Trilok Saar Tantra

36. Vishwa Saar Tantra

37. Tantramrit

38. Maha Khetkarini Tantra

39. Baraviy Tantra

40. Todal Tantra

41. Malani Tantra

42. Lalita Tantra

43. Shri Shakti Tantra

44. Raj Rajeshwari Tantra

45. Maha Maheshwari Tantra

46. Gavakshy Tantra

47. Gandharv Tantra

48. Trilok Mohan Tantra

49. Hans Paar Maheshwar Tantra

50. Hans Maheshwar Tantra

51. Kaamdhenu Tantra

52. Varn Vilas Tantra

53. Maya Tantra

54. Mantra Raj

55. Kuvichka Tantra

56. Vigyan Lalitka Tantra

57. Lingagam Tantra

58. Kalotarr Tantra

59. Brahm Yamal Tantra

60. Aadi Yamal Tantra

61. Rudra Yamal Tantra

62. Brihdhamal Tantra

63. Siddh Yamal Tantra

64. Kalp Sutrah Tantra 

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Apart from these there is a special type of tantra known to us , Shabar Tantra. Shabar tantra in comparison with vedic tantra is less complex and mantra of shabar tantra are found in local languages of India like Malvi , Marathi , Punjabi , Bengali etc. where as vedic mantras are in sanskrit and have complex rituals for a normal person with zero to minimum knowledge of tantra. We will discuss more about shabar tantra in future posts. 

Though there are so many types of tantra but main motive behind each of them was same - Public interest ( JanKalyan / Lok - hit ).

Tantra is divided into 6 major categories according to its use. The six categories are - Maaran , Mohan , Sthambhan , Ucchatan , Vidveshan , Vashikaran . There are also few other categories which are Shanti Karm , Sammohan , Traasan .

# Stambhan - It means astriction , to restrict something .

types of stambhan are - Buddhi Stambhan ( restricting mind thinking and performing capabilities ) , Mukh Stambhan ( Restricting someone to speak ) , Shatru Stambhan

#Maaran - To kill , killing enemy , killing a supernatural power / ghosts ( pret maran )

#Ucchatan - Ucchatan refers to dettaching something from something which it was attracted towards .

For an example - 

1. a girl is attracted towards a boy . A tantrik can use ucchatan tantra to separate both 

2. A man who has occupied someone's house property and refusing to empty it . Uchchatam tantra can come handy to make him run from the place 

#Mohan - Mohan is tantric practice of being attractive to someone / a crowd . A point to ve noted here is it is different from vashikaran in several ways . The deity / power that works in these rituals is called mohini.

Several mohan tantra practices include -

Sabha mohan - used to become charming in a meeting or community.

Targeted mohan prayog - the prayog is target toward a single person . To whom the doer wishes to attract towards him 

#Vidhveshan - the root word for vidhveshan is "dwesh" द्वेष. This tantra is used to make two persons blood thirsty enemies of each other . 

So finally we come down to the most talked and most controversial one - 

#Vashikaran - Vashikaran is the tantra sect that tends to make someone subdued towards the performer of the tantra . This is often related to sex . 

Vashikaran prayog creates sexual desires in the mind of the one , on whom the tantra is performed .

These six types of tantra are called "Shatkarm" षट्कर्म ।

Sometimes you'll also come across two other types of tantra category .

Shanti Karm & Aakarshan

#Shanti Karm - Shanti means Colling down . This refers to treating the one who is suffering from tantra or any other issue .

#Akarshan - It is a sub category of mohan tantra . It means attraction in simple words .

- अमोघ नाथ 

- जय महाँकाल 

Tantra and it's aspects

Tantra , a word which has always been used in a negetive manner . Wether it may be because of very little knowledge about it in the society or because of the dark side of tantra .

Tantra in easy words mean a system . System to perform something. We have learned of tantras of our body . Respiratory system ( svaas tantra / स्वास तन्त्र ) , Digestion

system ( Paachan tantra / पाचन तंत्र )

So we can confuse that tantra refers to a system of processess and method to perform a certain task.

Tantra emerged from Hindu background . As it has also been mentioned in Vedas and other ancient granths like Raavan Samhita , Uddameshwar Tantra etc.

Its been said Lord shiva passed this knowledge of tantra to goddess parvati and from there on it has been passed from one to another according to Guru Parampara ( succession of gurus ) . 

It has now been branched into many different paths accordingly . Most common tantra paths are - Shaiv , Vaishnav , Shaakt , Ganpatya , Kaul , Aghora and many more . Although these all branches have emerged from the same root but they all tend to have different traditions and way of performing tantra . 

Tantra , Mantra and Yantra

Tantra - This is the physical performing done by our body . Root word is 'Tan' ( तन्त्र ) which is a hindi word meaning the body . 

Mantra - Mantras are the sacred sounds which when chanted to a specific frequency generate energy field . Mantras are usually said to be related to Mind ( Man / मन ) . 

Yantra - In general words Yantra translates to a machine . But in tantra , yantra are sacred geometrical shapes , sometimes also filled with numbers or sometimes just combination of certain geometrical shapes . For example a triangle and a up side down triangle makes Durga Yantra . 

You will learn more about the tantra in upcoming posts . 

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