Tantra

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tantra \Tan"tra\ (t[a^]n"tr[.a]; t[u^]n"tr[.a]), n. [Skr.]
     (Hinduism)
     A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic
     literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers
     of Sakti. -- {Tan"tric} (t[a^]n"tr[i^]k), a.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tantra
       n 1: any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious
            literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech
            and mind
       2: 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 [syn: {Tantrism}]