Book Title: Development of Hinduism
Author(s): M M Ninan
Publisher: M M Ninan

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________________ 18. SAKTISM According to The Brahma Yamala there are three currents of tradition,dakshina (right handed of Sattva guna), vama (left handed of Tamo guna), and madhyama (Middle of Rajo Guna) Vamachara follows with pancha-makara, the "Five Ms: Madya (Intoxicant Drink), Mamsa (Meat), Matsya (Fish), Mudra (Cereal), and Maithuna (Sexual Intercourse). Dakshinachara consists of traditional asceticism and meditation. Citations to scripture relating to Tantric and Vamachara practice. http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/vines/1320/vamachara_dharma.html#citations I specifically talk about Sahajiya branch of Gaudiya-vaishnavism and Jagannatha cult of Orissa. References are many, U may easily find them in studies of these two cults. What i have read myself are "Obscure Religious Cults" by Dasgupta (still available in India) and "The Place of the Hidden Moon - Erotic Mysticism in the Vaishnava-sahajiya Cult of Bengal" by E. C. Dimock. Some material is present in "Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees", an academical digest by several scholars and some other works. The dialogue of the priests and the queens, as if found in the Vajasaneyi-samhita XXIII.22-31, was likewise meant to be a part of an older ritual act in which a man, evidently a priest, had to unite with the queen - the part played by the horse here and after his ceremonial sexual union he was put to death. 492

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