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Definition of Tantrist

1. Noun. An adherent of Tantrism.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tantrist

Literary usage of Tantrist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo, Henry Yule, Henri Cordier (1903)
"... is in theory and practice different from the orthodox Tantrist magic. The practitioners possess no literature, and hand down their mysteries only by ..."

2. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo (1875)
"... is in theory and practice different from the orthodox Tantrist magic. The practitioners possess no literature, and hand down their mysteries only by ..."

3. A Short History of Indian Literature by Ernest Philip Horrwitz (1907)
"and Tantrist. To him the goddess was a mere suggestion of the Divine Substance, and he knew full well that images of stone are, at best, ..."

4. English Rule and Native Opinion in India: From Notes Taken 1870-74 by James Routledge (1878)
"... a Tantrist, and therefore decline to enter into a discussion on the merits and demerits of any of the Tantras. The position which I took up in my ..."

5. English Rule and Native Opinion in India: From Notes Taken 1870-74 by James Routledge (1878)
"I am not," he said," a Tantrist, and therefore decline to enter into a discussion on the merits and demerits of any of the Tantras. ..."

6. The Book of Ser Marco Polo: The Venetian by Marco Polo (1903)
"... is in theory and practice different from the orthodox Tantrist magic. The practitioners possess no literature, and hand down their mysteries only by ..."

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