Found 2 items, similar to Tantra.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tantra
tantra
n 1: any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious
literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech
and mind
2: 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 [syn:
Tantrism]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tantra
Tantra
\Tan"tra\ (t[a^]n"tr[.a]; t[u^]n"tr[.a]), n. [Skr.]
(Hinduism)
A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic
literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers
of Sakti. --
Tan"tric (t[a^]n"tr[i^]k), a.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]