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.]