tantra

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈtʌntɹə/
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/ˈtʌntɹə/ · /ˈtɑːntɹə/ · /ˈtæntɹə/

Definition of tantra

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  1. A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

name

  1. (Hinduism)The esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that developed in India from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards.

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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”).

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