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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Amnayas''' are holy scriptures belonging to the [[Tantra]] school of [[Hinduism]]. Āmnāya (आम्नाय) is a Sanskrit word, which means sacred tradition handed over by repetition or that which is committed to memory.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Harshananda|first=Swami|date=|title=Āmnāya - Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia|script-title=|url=http://www.hindupedia.com/en/%C4%80mn%C4%81ya|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.hindupedia.com|publisher=Hindupedia|via=Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore|quote=|ref=SH}}</ref><br />
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Āmnāya (आम्नाय) refers to a classification of [[Kaula (Hinduism)|Kula]] [[Agama (Hinduism)|Agama]] scriptures, mostly [[tantra]]s belonging to the Kula tradition within [[Shaivism]] and [[Saktism]]. The oldest and commonly accepted classification of four āmnāyas is found in sources such as the Kubjikāmatatantra, the Manthānabhairavatantra (yogakhaṇḍa) and the Saṃketapaddhati.<br />
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These are the four āmnāyas, each corresponding with a direction and [[yuga]]:<br />
# Pūrvāmnāya (eastern doctrine, [[Satya Yuga]]),<br />
# Dakṣiṇāmnāya (southern doctrine, [[Treta Yuga]]),<br />
# Uttarāmnāya (northern doctrine, [[Dvapara Yuga]]),<br />
# Paścimāmnāya (western doctrine, [[Kali Yuga]]).<br />
There are however, different classifications of āmnāya counting up to five or six and considered very secret. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/amnaya|title=Amnaya, Āmnāya: 5 definitions|date=February 26, 2015|website=www.wisdomlib.org}}</ref> Urdhwamnaya the Quarter Above and Anuttaramnaya, the Quarter Beyond are the fifth and sixth secretive Amnayas. As per tantras the six Amnayas are nothing but six faces of Lord Shiva. Four of these are easily revealed but fifth and sixth faces are hidden and secret.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kamakotimandali.com/srividya/amnaya.html|title=Srividya Amnaya Krama|website=www.kamakotimandali.com}}</ref><br />
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