The University of Nalanda c25.29

c25.29

Tantra, subject at Nālandā, 86, 86 n. 3; preached in, 89; doctrine, 100; division of, 100; defence of, 100; writers on, 122. Tāntric, aims of, 91, 95, 96; qualifications of, 92; culture, 94, 95, 100; practices, 98, 100; images, 131, 137, 139; pantheon, 132. Tāntrism, 86; origin, 86; nature, 87; features, 87 n; causes of the rise of, 90; date of, 91; symbolism of, 97; works on, 91; criticism of, 94, 96, 99; educative value of, 94, 101; flourished in, 123; at Nālandā, 94, 101, 209, 210; Pāla, Art and, 177; provincial vernaculars and, 177; Vikramaśīlā and, 188, 190; morality and, 188; Jagaddala and, 189. Tantrayāna, pantheon, 94, 136, 230; figures of, 136, 137, 139. Trairūpa, theory, 74, 75, 76, 77.