Richard J. Williams wrote:
> All Indian mantric practices stem from the ancient Buddhists of India,
> and were adopted, with modifications, by the Shiva and Vaishanava
> sects as Hindu tantricism following the Gupta Age.
>
What is the source of this information?
> However, there are no bija mantras in the Rig Veda. According to what
> I've read, every bija mantra has four aspects: a rishi or seer, a raga
> or melody, a bija or seed sound, and a kilaka or pillar.
But I don't think that means that bij mantras were not when the Vedas
were composed.
