Tantrabhidana With Vija Nighantu And Mudra Nighantu

This work formed the first volume of the famous Tantrik Texts series editedand published by Arthur Avalon. The Matrikanighantu and Vijanighantu or Mantra-Kosha byBhairacva Rishi are dictionaries of the single vowels and consonants of theSanskrit language. Both, published from ancient and rare (in some cases extinct)manuscripts for the first time comprise the main body of this book. They givethe Tantrik meaning of the vowels and then of the consonants with a view tofacilitate the understanding of the Tantrika vijas or mantras of that name.These vijas are generally given in the Tantrik Texts in a covert way.