The University of Nalanda c10.169
The University of Nālandā c10.169
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c10.169
Tāntrism was a form of Buddhsim which unlike the primitive Buddhism, advocated recital of *Mantras* and *Dhāraṇīs*, practice of *Yoga* and *Samādhi*, and lastly worship not only of Buddha in different *Mudrās* but even worship of a host of gods and goddesses. Some of its features which are severely criticised were such pestilent dogmas and practices as quoted below.³