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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of Hindu religious book, 1799, from Sanskrit tantram , literally "loom, warp," hence, figuratively, "groundwork, system, doctrine," from tan "to stretch, extend," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch, extend" (see tenet ).
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Tantra ( Sanskrit : तन्त्र), also called Tantrism and Tantric religion , is an ancient Indian tradition of beliefs and meditation and ritual practices that seeks to channel the divine energy of the macrocosm or godhead into the human microcosm, to attain ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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Tantras, the last skandhaor mental consciousness in generalis then further divided into three general domains: the gross, the subtle, and the very subtle.
Tantra believes that after Maha Pralaya, the great dissolution, the new creation builds itself upon the Sanskaras-impressions and moulds of the past.
Likewise, Tantra would show that even ordinary emotions and desires and confusions, if entered into with open awareness, would disclose the wisdoms at their base.
The rituals of certain classes of Tantra offered the rapid union of the individual with the Absolute by the supernatural power of sound, or mystic formulas and syllables, meditations and sexual acts, symbolic of the unification aimed at.
Purseroyal of Tantras said tentatively, the sweat of fear glistening at his temples.
I am in some haste, and would hear with rather less formality and more speed the wishes of Tantras toward our fair realm.
The Purseroyal of Tantras shrank back, weeping as quietly as he could, visibly struggling to keep control of himself.
Azoun was glad for this, not only because the troops raised from Hillsfar and Tantras promised to be well-trained warriors, but because the free cities could provide more wizards for his ranks.
Buddhists, though by no means all, are described in supposedly secret texts called Tantras and the word Tantrism is therefore used to designate this stage of Buddhism and Hinduism.
Second Diffusion, followers of the older Tantras and venerating Padmasambhava as a second Buddha eclipsing the historical Buddha, cannot be regarded as preserving an uncontaminated tradition from the earlier diffusion.
In the end the Tantric practices and deities may have been understood as symbols, with visionary meditation contributing new entities or variants, but at the time of their compositon the Tantras were absorbing Hindu gods and popular deities as well as practices from esoteric or mystery cults.
And me with a suite and not getting forlorn looks from Jays or Tantras because one of the rooms is vacant.
Beyond these lay the complexities of Tantra and the mastery not merely of their texts but also the controlled visionary and psychological practices they inculcated.
As Bhattacharya put it, "There is hardly a Tantra in Hindu literature which is not tinged with Buddhistic ideas.
Transit, of course, wasn't Hindu - more a mixture of Buddhism and fascism, actually, a stew of Zen and Tantra and Platonism and Gestalt therapy and Poundian economics and what-all else, and neither Krishna nor Allah nor Jehovah nor any other divinity figured in its beliefs.