Tantra (तन्त्रम्)

Occurrences of the word Tantra

ऋग्वेद: सूक्तं १०.७१, Wikisource, Quote: "इमे ये नार्वाङ्न परश्चरन्ति न ब्राह्मणासो न सुतेकरासः । त एते वाचमभिपद्य पापया सिरीस्तन्त्रं तन्वते अप्रजज्ञयः ॥९॥"

Yajurveda, Taittiriya Brahmana 11.5.5.3

Sāmaveda, Tandya Brahmana

10.7.42 of the Atharvaveda

Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

Pāṇini in Aṣṭādhyāyī 1.4.54 and 5.2.70

Īśvarakṛṣṇa author of Sānkhya Kārikā (kārikā 70)

Chanakya on Arthaśāstra

Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Gangdhar stone inscription in Rajasthan

Sabarasvamin's commentary on Mimamsa Sutra 11.1.1, 11.4.1 etc.

Kāmikāgama or Kāmikā-tantra

Abhinavagupta in his Tantrāloka

Jayaratha, Abhinavagupta's commentator on Tantrāloka

References

Banerjee, Sures Chandra (1988). A Brief History of Tantra Literature. Kolkata: Naya Prokash.

Kauṭalya; R. P. Kangle (1986). The Kautiliya Arthasastra. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 512 with footnote. ISBN 978-81-208-0042-7.

Bagchi, P.C. (1989). Evolution of the Tantras, Studies on the Tantras. Kolkata: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. ISBN 978-81-85843-36-0.

Banerjee, Sures Chandra (2002). Companion to Tantra. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-1-70174-022-8.