English Explanatory Dictionary

tantra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.
name
  1. The esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that developed in India from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards.

Pronunciation

/ˈtʌntɹə/ /ˈtɑːntɹə/ /ˈtæntɹə/

Word forms

tantra tantras

Etymology

From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo- /*tn̥-tlo-, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”) with the suffix *-tlom denoting instruments. Doublet of tar (“string instrument”).

Derived words

black tantra red tantra tantric tantrist white tantra tantrically tantric sex
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