dakshinachara

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noun

A Tantric sect that does not engage in practices considered heterodox according to usual Hindu social norms.

OriginSanskrit दक्षिणाचार →
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Meanings

dakshinachara1

noundakshinachara (plural dakshinacharas)

plural dakshinacharas · alternative Dakshinachara

  1. A Tantric sect that does not engage in practices considered heterodox according to usual Hindu social norms.

Dakshinachara2

nounDakshinachara (plural Dakshinacharas)

plural Dakshinacharas

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of dakshinachara.

Origin

  1. Sanskritदक्षिणाचार“right-hand path”
  2. Englishdakshinachara

Borrowed from Sanskrit दक्षिणाचार (dakṣiṇācāra, “right-hand path”).

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