tantra
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈtʌntɹə/ / /ˈtɑːntɹə/ / /ˈtæntɹə/
name
- The esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that developed in India from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards.
noun
Etymology: From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo- /*tn̥-tlo-, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”) with the suffix *-tlom denoting instruments. Doublet of tar (“string instrument”).
- A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.