Tantra

American  

[tuhn-truh, tan-] / ˈtʌn trə, ˈtæn- /

noun

1. (italics) any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.

2. Also called Tantrism.  the philosophy or doctrine of these books, regarding the changing, visible world as the creative dance or play of the Divine Mother and regarding enlightenment as the realization of the essential oneness of one's self and of the visible world with Shiva-Shakti, the Godhead: influential in some schools of Mahayana Buddhism, especially in Tibet.

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Tantra British  

/ ˈtʌn-, ˈtæntrə /

noun

1. Hinduism Buddhism the sacred books of Tantrism, written between the 7th and 17th centuries _ad , mainly in the form of a dialogue between Siva and his wife

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Etymology

Origin of Tantra

From Sanskrit

Example Sentences

Tantra is clearly a persistent and alluring ancient philosophy.

From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2020

Singh, who is co-owner of Tantra in Silver Lake and India's Oven, wanted to create a restaurant that combines influences from Rajasthan, New Delhi, Goa, Chennai, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2018

Tantra instructors tell you to “ground,” a practice that involves visualizing yourself rooted to the earth and sending energy down into it, which I have found to have remarkably little effect.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2013

In medieval India, Tantra devotees sought to fuse the male and female aspects of the cosmos into a blissful state of consciousness.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2012

But were this the case how does it happen that the Tantra volumes are found only in the possession of Brahmins?

From Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India by Jennings, Hargrave