History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c37.121

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From the early centuries of the Christian era the works on Tantra exercised a profound influence on the ritual of devapūjā and several mystical postures of the hands and fingers such as the mudrās and the nyāsas began to occupy the minds of the worshippers.¹⁷⁶² The Bhāgavata-purāṇa XI. 27. 7 says that devapūjā is of three kinds viz. Vaidikī, Tāntrikī and miśrā. The first and the third are for the three varṇas and Tāntrikī for śūdras.