"vamachara" meaning in English

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          "text": "She also predicted the tantric sadhanas I would do in the future, both vamachara and dakshinachara.\n‘Vamachara? I have no such plan, Mother.’\n'You will have to do lata sadhan, mahacheen kram, kaulik sadhana and mahamudra.'\nShe laughed, for she had just named sadhanas that required a female consort.",
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