Āgama & Tantra
आगम एवं तंत्र
A distinct revelatory class with its own canon and initiatory structure — not a subsection of devotional practice. Temple ritual, iconography, initiation and esoteric discipline, transmitted through named lineages.
The Pāñcarātra and Vaikhānasa systems — 215 saṃhitās by tradition.
The twenty-eight Āgamas, and the Kashmir Śaiva corpus.
The Tantras of the Goddess — seventy-seven by tradition.