Yogini Tantra

Divisions Sama vedic Yajur vedic Atharva vedic Vaishnava puranas Shaiva puranas Shakta puranas The Yogini Tantra is a 16th- or 17th-century tantric text by an unknown author either from Assam or Cooch Behar[1] and is dedicated to the worship of Hindu goddesses Kali and Kamakhya.

Apart from religious and philosophical themes, this voluminous tantra contains some historical information.

The text is especially important for the vamachara form of tantric worship.

The Yogini Tantra was written in Assam or Cooch Behar in the 16th or 17th century.

The date is determined from the reference to the 16th-century Koch dynasty (kuvacha), who are said to have been born to a Mech woman.