"tantra" meaning in English

See tantra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtʌntɹə/, /ˈtɑːntɹə/, /ˈtæntɹə/ Forms: tantras [plural]
Etymology: From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, from *ten-. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sa|तन्त्र}} Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-}} Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo- Head templates: {{en-noun}} tantra (plural tantras)
  1. A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text. Wikipedia link: tantra Derived forms: black tantra, red tantra, tantric, white tantra Translations (Hindu or Buddhist religious text): তন্ত্র (tontro) (Bengali), တန္တရ (tanta.ra.) (Burmese), 怛特羅 (Chinese Cantonese), 怛特罗 (daat³ dak⁶ lo⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 怛特羅 (Chinese Mandarin), 怛特罗 (dátèluó) (Chinese Mandarin), tantra (Finnish), Tantra [neuter] (German), तन्त्र (tantra) (Hindi), タントラ (tantora) (Japanese), 탄트라 (tanteura) (Korean), тантра (tantra) [feminine] (Macedonian), дандар (dandar) (Mongolian), tantra [feminine] (Polish), ਤੰਤਰ (tantar) [masculine] (Punjabi), тантра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tantra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), తంత్రము (tantramu) (Telugu), đát-đặc-la (alt: 怛特羅) (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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