History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1292

v7.c99.1292

Mahānirvāṇatantra (18th century A. D.), 1033n, 1052n-53, 1055n, 1062, 1074n, 1077n, 1080, 1086-8, 1089n, 1092, 1095, 1099, 1100-01, 1102n, 1107, 1108n, 1112, 1114 (on dīkṣā), 1118, 1120 (on nyāsa), 1126n, 1133; a typical Hindu Tantra, summarised 1057-60; states that God is one and to be described as *sat, cit,* and *ānanda* is beyond guṇas and to be known from Vedānta texts and yet prescribes the five *makāras* for worship 1057; allows only five cups of wine to a householder *sādhaka* etc. 1059; waxes eloquent over duties of varṇas and āśramas, duties of the king and servants, provides for marriages within the varṇa and dinner only with *savarṇa* persons, deals with saṁskāras and śrāddha, prāyaścitta and vyavahāra 1059-60.