vamachara

Alternative forms

 * vāmācāra
 * vāmāchāra
 * Vamachara

Etymology
From.

Pronunciation

 * /'vɑːmɑːtʃɑːrə/

Noun

 * 1)  A path to bliss through practices, including meat-eating, breaking social taboos and indulging in sex and intoxicants, that are sometimes considered immoral.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1)  Any such path, set of practices or individual practice.
 * 1)  Any such path, set of practices or individual practice.
 * 1)  Any such path, set of practices or individual practice.