Free Translations of Tantra Texts
Summary: This page provides free online translations of major Tantra texts, including the Mahanirvana Tantra and hymns to Devi. Tantra represents an ancient tradition of ritual, spiritual, and yogic practices originating in the Indian subcontinent, designed to transform mind and body while channeling purified energies toward spiritual powers and liberation. Integral to Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, and Vajrayana Buddhism, these sacred texts offer scholarly access to foundational Tantric teachings.
Tantra Also known as Tantrism or Tantric tradition is set of ritual, spiritual and yogic practices which are aimed to transform the mind and body and channel their purified energies to gain siddhis (spiritual powers) or to earn the grace of Shiva or Shakti to attain liberation (moksha). It is a very ancient tradition of the Indian subcontinent which is now an integral part of both Hinduism and Buddhism. All the three major sects of Hinduism namely Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism have elements of Tantra incorporated into their beliefs, doctrines and practices. In Buddhism it is the foundational support for Vajrayana Buddhism.