TRIPURA TANTRA (SRI VIDYA): ITS PHILOSOPHY AND PATH OF SADHANA

It is a wellknown fact in the history of Indian thought that liberation or self realisation is the highest aim of life for all the systems of Indian Philosophy, barring the Materialist (Carvaka). Different systems have shown various paths to achieve the same goal.

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शास्त्री त्रिपुरा तन्त्र अर्थात् श्रीविद्या का निरूपण उपनिषद्-वेदान्त के व्यावहारिक रूप में करते हैं। वे 'तन्त्र' शब्द को 'तन्' धातु से व्युत्पन्न बताते हैं, आगम तथा निगम का भेद स्पष्ट करते हैं और इस सम्प्रदाय का दर्शन एवं साधना-मार्ग प्रस्तुत करते हैं, जो जाति, वर्ग और लिंग से निरपेक्ष है। Shastri expounds the Tripurā Tantra, the Śrī Vidyā, as the practical Vedānta of the Upaniṣads. He derives the word tantra from the root tan, distinguishes Āgama from Nigama, and sets out the school's philosophy and its path of sādhanā, which it opens to all regardless of caste, creed or sex.

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