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English noun: tantra | |||
| 1. | tantra (communication) any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Sanskrit literature | ||
| 2. | Tantra (cognition) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | Tantrism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Buddhism | ||
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