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ˈTantric

/ ˈtæntrɪk /

adjective

  1. Hinduism Buddhism of or relating to Tantrism


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Example Sentences

But it will take a lot more than castrating one menacing tantric to turn the tide.

Tantric scriptures say sex is vital for procreation, pleasure, and liberation.

Last November, for example, I managed to track down a celebrated tantric at a cremation ground near Birbhum in West Bengal.

It is the biggest gathering of tantric musicians in the world, and makes Woodstock look like a Rotary Club dinner.

And I learned, like Jake, that the true Tantric journey is, first, a lone struggle of self-discovery.

The Indian images of him are not feminine, although his sex is hardly noticed before the tantric period.

And if we look at the abuses of both systems the fossilized monk of the Hinayana will compare favourably with the tantric adept.

He is doubtless right in suggesting that tantric rites were practised surreptitiously before they were recognized openly.

The Lamas in Tibet have a similar theory of progressive tantric revelation.

As already indicated European usage makes the words Tantra, Tantrism and tantric refer to the worship of goddesses.

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