"Tantra" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tantra
  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) The esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that developed in India from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards. Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Buddhism, Hinduism Hyponyms: Tibetan Buddhism Derived forms: tantric, tantrically, tantric sex
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