Various
Divisions of Tantra & their Uses
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| 1. |
Kalp Tantra |
Medicinal
use of plants and their seeds, roots, leaves under specified
conditions, like day of uprooting, formulation, method of
mixing and intake. The plants or products made from these
things, if taken under specified conditions, can cure almost
any disease. |  |
| 2. |
Tilak Tantra |
Use of ‘Tilkas’
or sign on the forehead using certain specified materials
such as chandan, vermilion, or any type of ash, can yield
miraculous results to attain spiritual power, victory, 'vashikaran'
or hypnosis etc. |
| 3 |
Symbols |
Use of certain symbols
or drawings drawn at any place to give specified results.
Some of these have become religious symbols with the passage
of time. |
| 4. |
Natural Articles |
Use of various natural
articles and materials like some kinds of Beads or Rosaries,
Cat’s Chord or ‘Billi Ki Jel’, Scented umbilical
of bear or ‘Kasturi’, Incarnation of Lord Vishnu
or ‘Saligram’, 3-eyed coconut or ‘Lagu Coconut’
and many more rare articles, which can either be worn or kept
in one’s custody and can prove auspicious enough for
fulfillment of many desires. These articles are also called
lucky charms. |
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