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tantra

tantra

English

Noun

tantra ‎(plural tantras)

A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

Derived terms

Derived terms

black tantra
red tantra

tantric
white tantra

Translations

Hindu or Buddhist religious text

Bengali: তন্ত্র ‎(tôntrô)
Hindi: तन्त्र (hi) ‎(tantra)
Mongolian: дандар (mn) ‎(dandar)

Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: тантра f

Roman: tantra (sh) f
Telugu: తంత్రము (te) ‎(taṃtramu)

Anagrams

rattan, tartan, Tartan

Italian

Etymology

From Sanskrit तन्त्र ‎(tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, from the root *ten-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtan.tra/, [ˈt̪än̪t̪r̺ä]
Hyphenation: tàn‧tra

Noun

tantra m ‎(invariable)

tantra

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tantra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling тантра)

tantra