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Definition of Tantra

1. Noun. Any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind.

2. Noun. Doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet.

Definition of Tantra

1. n. A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti.

Definition of Tantra

1. Noun. A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tantra

1. one of a class of Hindu religious writings [n -S] : TANTRIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tantra

tantamounting tantamounts tantara tantaras tanti tantilizing tantite tantivies tantivy tanto

tanto knife tantonies tantony tantony pig tantos tantra (current term) tantras tantric tantrically tantrisms

tantrum tantrums tanukis tanyard tanyards tanycyte tanycytes tanyphonia

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