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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.
The word tantra, states Patanjali, means principal, main. He uses the same example of svatantra as a composite word of sva (self) and tantra, then stating svatantra means one who is self-dependent, one who is his own master, the principal thing for whom is himself, thereby interpreting the definition of tantra.