84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྦྱོད་རྒྱུད། | Glossary of Terms

  • སྤྱོད་པའི་རྒྱུད།

  • སྦྱོད་རྒྱུད།
  • sbyod rgyud
  • spyod pa’i rgyud
  • caryātantra
  • Term
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  • Caryātantra
  • སྦྱོད་རྒྱུད།
  • sbyod rgyud
  • caryātantra
Definition in this text:

The second class of tantra in most systems of tantra classification (the other classes being, in the fivefold classification, Kriyātantra, Yogatantra, Yogottaratantra, and Yoganiruttaratantra).

  • Caryātantra
  • སྤྱོད་པའི་རྒྱུད།
  • spyod pa’i rgyud
  • caryātantra
Definition in this text:

“Conduct tantras,” the second, middle category of the three outer tantras according to the new translation (gsar ma) traditions; in old translation (rnying ma) classifications the term Upa- or Ubhaya-tantra is more often used.