[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s6.t5.87 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t5.87 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t5.87 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.87) It is true that the Tantra described by Rājendralāla Mitra² also begins with instructions as to various kinds of meditation, but, for the most part, it merely teaches Mantras and Yantras, and as a means to the highest perfection the enjoyment of meat, as well as daily sexual intercourse with young and beautiful Caṇḍāla girls. Whether this Tantra is a later variant of an earlier Mahāyāna-Sūtra, or whether it is entirely different from the work cited in the Śikṣā-Samuccaya, can only be decided by a comparison of the Chinese translation with the Sanskrit manuscripts.³ - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.86) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t5.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.88) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5) ## Cites (1) - [Guhyasamāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.yogottara.guhyasamaja-cycle) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.87) · Pramāṇa