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====The Sakta Agamas ====
====The Sakta Agamas ====
There is another group of scriptures known as the '''Tantras'''. They belong to the Sakta cult. They glorify Sakti as the World-Mother. They dwell on the Sakti (energy) aspect of God and prescribe numerous courses of ritualistic worship of the Divine Mother in various forms. There are seventy-seven Agamas. These are very much like the Puranas in some respects. The texts are usually in the form of dialogues between Siva and Parvati. In some of these, Siva answers the questions put by Parvati, and in others, Parvati answers, Siva questioning. Mahanirvana, Kularnava, Kulasara, Prapanchasara, Tantraraja, Rudra-Yamala, Brahma-Yamala, Vishnu-Yamala and Todala Tantra are the important works.<ref name=":022" />
There is another group of scriptures known as the '''Tantras'''. They belong to the Sakta cult. They glorify Sakti as the World-Mother. They dwell on the Sakti (energy) aspect of God and prescribe numerous courses of ritualistic worship of the Divine Mother in various forms. There are seventy-seven Agamas. These are very much like the Puranas in some respects. The texts are usually in the form of dialogues between Siva and Parvati. In some of these, Siva answers the questions put by Parvati, and in others, Parvati answers, Siva questioning. Mahanirvana, Kularnava, Kulasara, Prapanchasara, Tantraraja, Rudra-Yamala, Brahma-Yamala, Vishnu-Yamala and Todala Tantra are the important works.<ref name=":022" />
== Sampradayas ==
The Vedic vision categorizes the fields of knowledge without separating them, as everything and everyone is integral part of the Supreme. There are practically innumerable branches of the main three schools (Advaita, Vishistadvaita and Dvaita), called Sampradayas, generally categorized as Vaishnava, Shaiva, Shakta, and Smarta. These schools have developed independent literature over time after the particular preceptors who started or advocated the concepts.
A Sampradaya is an ideological tradition in which the teachings of a founder are transmitted faithfully
in a line of descendants who in turn became teachers after achieving perfection in self-realization and
mastery over the theory and practices that constitute the particular perspective of the founder. Any
established philosophical school within a denomination is called a Sampradaya and a traditional lineage of
teachers from any Sampradaya is called Parampara. This concept applies at various levels and constitutes
the basis of religious Institutions (or Mathas) founded by great Acharyas, and also the heritage of high level
family traditions in the Hindu concept. In traditional Hinduism, often these two (religious affiliation and
family descendence) are strictly interconnected as Vedic knowledge makes no difference between son and
disciple. In the case of religious affiliation, a disciple approaches a Sampradaya because he is attracted by
the teachings and by the behavior manifested by the current representatives of the Tradition, and therefore
accepts to become integrated into the system of beliefs and practices that constitutes the characteristic of
the Tradition itself.
Strict adherence to the instructions and a specific check-and-balance system ensures the vitality of the
Tradition, as the current teacher has the right and duty to train the aspirant disciples as required, and will
endorse them only when they have demonstrated the appropriate realizations in theory and practice,
according to the various levels and positions in the Institution. Such endorsement comes in the form of
diksha, or formal initiation, and appointment in various positions as preachers, leaders, and initiating
Gurus.
==Laukika Sahitya==
==Laukika Sahitya==
These writings are extensive and a few important of them have been discussed as follows<ref name=":022" />
These writings are extensive and a few important of them have been discussed as follows<ref name=":022" />
===The Subhashitas===
===The Subhashitas===
The Subhashitas are wise sayings, instructions and stories, either in poetry or in prose. Examples are Bhartrihari's three centuries of verses, the Subhashita-Ratna-Bhandagara and Somadeva Bhatta's Katha-Sarit-Sagara or Kshemendra's Brihat-Katha-Manjari. The Panchatantra and the Hitopadesa also belong to this category.
The Subhashitas are wise sayings, instructions and stories, either in poetry or in prose. Examples are Bhartrihari's three centuries of verses, the Subhashita-Ratna-Bhandagara and Somadeva Bhatta's Katha-Sarit-Sagara or Kshemendra's Brihat-Katha-Manjari. The Panchatantra and the Hitopadesa also belong to this category.
== Verses and Meanings ==
== Verses and Meanings ==