Yogini Tantra

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Yogini Tantra is a medieval Shakta tantric text from eastern India that focuses on the worship of the goddess and esoteric ritual practices.

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Yogini Tantra canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu religious text ⓘ
Shakta scripture ⓘ
Tantric text ⓘ
associatedDeityAspect Kamakhya as supreme goddess ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Assam ⓘ
Eastern India ⓘ
linked to: eastern India

Kamarupa ⓘ
linked to: Kamarupa Kingdom
associatedWithTemple Kamakhya Temple ⓘ
associatedWithTradition Kaula tradition ⓘ
Left-hand Tantra ⓘ
linked to: Kaula Tantra
category Indian religious text ⓘ
Sanskrit literature ⓘ
Tantric literature ⓘ
contains Descriptions of sacred geography of Kamarupa ⓘ
Instructions for worship of Yoginis ⓘ
Myths of the goddess ⓘ
cosmologyType Shakta cosmology ⓘ
describes Esoteric sexual rites ⓘ
Initiation rites ⓘ
Mantra practices ⓘ
Puja procedures ⓘ
Ritual worship of the goddess ⓘ
Yantra worship ⓘ
emphasizes Guru-disciple transmission ⓘ
Power (Shakti) of the goddess ⓘ
Ritual secrecy ⓘ
focusesOnDeity Devi ⓘ
Yoginis ⓘ
genre Shakta Tantra ⓘ
linked to: Shakta Tantras

Tantra ⓘ
influenced Later Shakta Tantric practice in Assam ⓘ
Regional goddess cults in Kamarupa ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
mainSubject Esoteric practices ⓘ
Goddess worship ⓘ
Tantric ritual ⓘ
mentionsPlace Kamakhya ⓘ
linked to: Goddess Kamakhya
period Medieval period ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation Non-dual Shaktism ⓘ
linked to: Shaktism
relatedTo Kalika Purana ⓘ
Kularnava Tantra ⓘ
Rudra Yamala Tantra ⓘ
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
Shaktism ⓘ
scriptureType Agama ⓘ
textualForm Dialogue format ⓘ
transmission Oral and manuscript tradition ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaktas → veneratesScripture → Yogini Tantra ⓘ
Shakta canon → includesText → Yogini Tantra ⓘ
Kalika Purana → relatedTo → Yogini Tantra ⓘ