noun
Meaning 1
Alternative form of vamachara.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Vamachara
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noun
Meaning 2
A follower of the vamachara path.
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Qualifier: tantric religion
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 3
A path to bliss through practices, including meat-eating, breaking social taboos and indulging in sex and intoxicants, that are sometimes considered immoral.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: tantric religion
Topics: lifestyle, religion
Examples
- 2002, Vamachara, entry in James G. Lochtefeld, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z, page 736, Within the tantric tradiion itself there is a long-standing debate about the propriety of such acts, and whereas the vamachara practice uses these elements in their actual forms, in the dakshinachara ("right-hand") practice other items are substituted for the forbidden ones.
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noun
Meaning 4
Any such path, set of practices or individual practice.
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Usage: countable
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History
Etymology
From Sanskrit वामाचार (vāmācāra, “left (-hand) path; left-handed attainment”).