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The Netra Tantra (NT), the âTantra of the Eyeâ, is a text from Kashmir dated to the early-ninth-century CE. As such, it is later than the core of the better-known Svacchanda Tantra (SvT), another Kashmirian Tantra, which dates from no later than the seventh century. The NT is nonetheless referenced by Abhinavagupta, and a comprehensive commentary on the work was authored by his disciple Ká¹£emarÄja.
Tantra. n. 1. (Hinduism) Hinduism Buddhism the sacred books of Tantrism, written between the 7th and 17th centuries ad, mainly in the form of a dialogue between Siva and his wife. [C18: from Sanskrit: warp, hence underlying principle, from tanoti he weaves]. (ËtÊn trÉ, ËtÉn-, Ëtaen-). ËtÃ¦n., n. pl