History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.159
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.159
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v7.c92.159
Naturally common people, who could not appreciate or understand the abstruse and subtle philosophy of Śakti, Nāda, Bindu and so forth, seized with avidity upon the apparently easy path of worship of Śakti by the five makāras and the mantras, bījas, cakras and the like taught by the Tantras and it has been seen above (pp. 1073-76) to what depths some persons professing to be gurus, Śāktas and Tāntrikas descended in course of time.