Brihat Tantrasara Explained

Brihat Tantrasara
Translator:Sri Chandra Kumar Tarkalankara
Author:Krishnananda Agambagish
Editor: Rasik Mohon Chattapadhhayay
Country:India
Language:Bengali
Subject:Bengali Shaktism, Kali puja
Genre:Tantra
Publisher:Nababharat Publishers
Release Date:Falgun, 1285 Bangabda
Media Type:Printed texts
Pages:771

Brihat Tantrasara or Tantrasara is a famous work on the social worship system of the various goddesses of the Dasamahavidya mentioned in various texts of Tantra Sadhana. Krishnananda Agambagish, a well-versed Tantric devotee of Tantra, wrote the famous book Brihat Tantrasara based on 170 Tantra Sadhana texts.[1] This famous work of him is appreciated all over the country.[2] Krishnananda was liberal, he had no bigotry about religion. Therefore, Tantrasara texts have been inserted by taking the essence of Tantra texts of Shaiva, Ganapathi, Shakta, Vaishnavism and Solar community.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Harding, Elizabeth U.. Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar. 1998. Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. 978-81-208-1450-9. 217. en.
  2. Book: Samājadāra, Maṇīndranātha. Saṃskr̥ta-Prākr̥ta-Abahaṭṭha sāhityera itibr̥tta. 1987. Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī. 70. bn.
  3. Web site: বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়. দেবাশিস. কৃষ্ণানন্দকে সামনে দেখে জিভ কাটলেন কৃষ্ণাঙ্গী বধূ - Anandabazar. 2020-12-02. anandabazar.com. bn.