Definitions for Tantra
ˈtʌn trə, ˈtɑn-, ˈtæn-tantra

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1. tantranoun

   any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind

2. Tantra, Tantrismnoun

   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

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1. tantranoun

   A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

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1. Tantra

   Tantra (; Sanskrit: तन्त्र, lit. 'loom, weave, warp') are the esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that developed on the Indian subcontinent from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards. The term tantra, in the Indian traditions, also means any systematic broadly applicable "text, theory, system, method, instrument, technique or practice". A key feature of these traditions is the use of mantras, and thus they are commonly referred to as Mantramārga ("Path of Mantra") in Hinduism or Mantrayāna ("Mantra Vehicle") and Guhyamantra ("Secret Mantra") in Buddhism.Starting in the early centuries of the common era, newly revealed Tantras centering on Vishnu, Shiva or Shakti emerged. There are tantric lineages in all main forms of modern Hinduism, such as the Shaiva Siddhanta tradition, the Shakta sect of Sri-Vidya, the Kaula, and Kashmir Shaivism. In Buddhism, the Vajrayana traditions are known for tantric ideas and practices, which are based on Indian Buddhist Tantras. They include Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, Japanese Shingon Buddhism and Nepalese Newar Buddhism. Although Southern Esoteric Buddhism does not directly reference the tantras, its practices and ideas parallel them. Tantric Hindu and Buddhist traditions have also influenced other Eastern religious traditions such as Jainism, the Tibetan Bön tradition, Daoism, and the Japanese Shintō tradition.Certain modes of non-Vedic worship such as Puja are considered tantric in their conception and rituals. Hindu temple building also generally conforms to the iconography of tantra. Hindu texts describing these topics are called Tantras, Āgamas or Samhitās. In Buddhism, tantra has influenced the art and iconography of Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism, as well as historic cave temples of India and the art of Southeast Asia.

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1. tantra

   Tantra is an ancient spiritual practice that originated in India, and involves ritual, meditation, yoga, and other practices to connect with divine consciousness. It is focused on harnessing and directing energy, often sexual energy, towards spiritual growth and enlightenment. Tantra can be dualistic or non-dualistic, depending on the specific school or tradition. Some traditions focus on worshipping deities, while others focus on the nature of reality. Tantra is an essential component in Hinduism, Buddhism, and other eastern religions.

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1. Tantra

   Tantra is the name scholars give to a style of meditation and ritual that arose in medieval India no later than the fifth century CE. The earliest documented use of the word Tantra is in the Hindu text, the Rigveda. Tantra has influenced the Hindu, Sikh, Bön, Buddhist, and Jain traditions and spread with Buddhism to East Asia and Southeast Asia.

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1. Tantra

   tan′tra, n. in Sanscrit literature, one of the religious text-books of the numerous sects of S'âktas—i.e. worshippers of the S'akti, or active divine energy, personified in some female deity, esp. in one of the many forms of Pârvatî, the wife of S'iva.—ns. Tan′trism, the doctrines of the tantras; Tan′trist, a devotee of tantrism. [Sans. tantra, thread, fundamental doctrine.]

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1. rattan

2. tartan

3. Tartan

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tantra in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tantra in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Tantra
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tantra
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Tantra
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Tantra
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Tantra