English dictionary

tantra

/'t/&/ntr/@/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind

noun.communication

Source: WordNet 3.0
doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet

noun.cognition

Synonyms tantrism

Source: WordNet 3.0
A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti.

noun

Source: webster1913