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Definition of Tantras
1. tantra [n] - See also: tantra
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tantras
Literary usage of Tantras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Outline of the Religious Literature of India by John Nicol Farquhar (1920)
"The tantras. § 231. The sect of Durga is now reorganized with a new theology,
... There is no authoritative ca'non of the tantras, the literature of the ..."
2. Hinduism by Monier Monier-Williams, Monier Williams (1885)
"... IN THE PURANAS AND tantras. THE period of the Epic poems was not marked by
much rivalry between the worshippers of the three members of the Tri-murti. ..."
3. Indo-Aryans: Contributions Towards the Elucidation of Their Ancient and by Raja Rājendralāla Mitra (1881)
"... in Buddhist works, in the works of Kalidasa, and Magha, in the Puranas and
the tantras. Drinking Circles. Rules for drinking. ..."
4. India and Its Problems by William Samuel Lilly (1902)
"tantras were composed to stimulate devotion to the female counterpart of Siva.
Next let us glance at the two great Sanskrit epics. ..."
5. Indian Wisdom: Or, Examples of the Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical by Monier Monier-Williams (1876)
"The tantras. I have already alluded to the tantras, which represent a phase of
Hinduism generally later than that of the ..."
6. Indian Wisdom, Or, Examples of the Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical by Monier Monier-Williams (1875)
"The tantras. I have already alluded to the tantras, which represent a phase of
Hinduism generally later than that of the ..."
7. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"The efficacy of these mantras is deemed to be all-powerful, and according to some
tantras, that of the faith in these revelations o£ S'iva so great, ..."
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