tantra

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, from *ten-.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tan‧tra

Noun

tantra (plural tantras)

1. 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 (tontro)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 怛特羅／怛特罗 (daat³ dak⁶ lo⁴), 怛特罗 (daat³dak⁶lo⁴)

  Mandarin: 怛特羅／怛特罗 (dátèluó), 怛特罗 (dátèluó)

• Hindi: तन्त्र (hi) (tantra)
• Japanese: タントラ (tantora)
• Korean: 탄트라 (tanteura)
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• Mongolian: дандар (mn) (dandar)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тантра f

  Roman: tantra (sh) f

• Telugu: తంత్రము (te) (tantramu)
• Vietnamese: đát-đặc-la (怛特羅)

Anagrams

• Rattan, Tartan, rattan, tartan

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Italian

Etymology

From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, from the root *ten-.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tantra m (uncountable)

1. tantra

Derived terms

• tantrico
• tantrismo

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tantra f (Cyrillic spelling тантра)

1. tantra