"Vamachara" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1970, Curran De Bruler, Nataraja Guru, Unitive Understanding, page 58",
          "text": "The Dravidians, mild inhabitants of India, worshipped Pitrus (forefathers) and other iconographic representations of deity, emphasizing the hierophantic side of worshipping idols, which included Vamacharas, left-hand practices of the Shakti cult, etc.",
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          "ref": "1975, K. N. Dhar, Glimpses of Kashmiri Culture, volume 3, page 67",
          "text": "The initiated Bhatta (Kashmiri Brahmin) bent upon taking liquor, being addicted to Vamachara by which the pride of his own clan has been set at naught, with a plate of fish in his hand, approaches the house of his teacher[…].",
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          "ref": "1993, Binay Bhattacharya, Kamakhya Hills and Elsewhere, page 9",
          "text": "The Aryanised socio-religious culture had degenerated into Vamachara Tantric practices, the cult of sex and palate.",
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          "ref": "1967, K. Damodaran, Indian Thought: A Critical Survey, page 235",
          "text": "The Dakshinacharas emphasised the male principle while the Vamacharas paid more attention to the female principle. But, both exalted sex to a religious principle.",
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          "ref": "1993, Venkateswarier Subramaniam, Buddhist-Hindu Interactions: From Śakyamuni to Śankarācarya, page 73",
          "text": "Above all, in the medley of Aryans, Mongols and aborigines, which it created, it unconsciously led the way to some of the hideous Vamacharas.",
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          "ref": "2009, V. R. Parthasarathy, Indu Parthasarathy, Devi: goddesses in Indian art and literature, page 65",
          "text": "The Vamacharas follow texts like Kularnava, Kamika, and the Parasurama agamas among others.",
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