Mahanirvana Tantra

Tantra of the Great Liberation

Translated by Arthur Avalon

(Sir John Woodroffe)

[1913]

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

• Shiva and Shakti

• Guna

• The Worlds (Loka)

• Inhabitants of the Worlds

• Varna

• Ashrama

• Correspondence Between Macrocosm and Microcosm

  • The Ages

  • The Scriptures of the Ages

• The Human Body

• The Five Sheaths

• Chakra

• The Three Temperaments

• Guru and Shishya

• Initiation

• Forms of Achara

• Mantra

  • The Gayatri Mantra

• Yantra

• Mudra

• Sandhya

• Puja

• Yajna

• Vrata

• Tapas

• Japa

• Sangskara

• Purashcharana

• Bhuta-shuddhi

• Nyasa

• Panchatattva

• Chakrapuja

• Yoga

• Shodhana: Shatkarmma

• Dridhata: Asana

• Sthirata: Mudra

• Dhairya: Pratyahara

• Laghava: Pranayama

• Pratyaksha: Dhyana

• Nirliptatva: Samadhi

• Forms Of Samadhi Yoga

• Sin and Virtue

• Karmma

• Four Aims Of Being

• Dharmma

• Kama

• Artha

• Moksha

• Siddhi

• Chapter 1

  • Questions relating to the Liberation of Beings

   

• Chapter 2

  • Introduction to the Worship of Brahman

   

• Chapter 3

  • Description of the Worship of the Supreme Brahman

   

• Chapter 4

  • Introduction of the Worship of the Supreme Prakriti

   

• Chapter 5

  • The Formation of the Mantras, Placing of the Jar, and Purification of the Elements of Worship

   

• Chapter 6

  • Placing of the Shri-patra, Homa, Formation of the Chakra, and other Rites

   

• Chapter 7

  • Hymn of Praise (Stotra), Amulet (Kavacha), and the description of the Kula-tattva

   

• Chapter 8

  • The Dharmma and Customs of the Castes and Ashramas

   

• Chapter 9

  • The Ten Kinds of Purificatory Rites (Sangskara)

   

• Chapter 10

  • Rites relating to Vriddhi Shraddha, Funeral Rites, and Purnabhisheka

   

• Chapter 11

  • The Account of Expiatory Rites

   

• Chapter 12

  • An Account of the Eternal and Immutable Dharmma

   

• Chapter 13

  • Installation of the Devata

   

• Chapter 14

  • The Consecration of Shiva-linga and Description of the Four Classes of Avadhutas