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tan·tra

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-) KEY

NOUN:

Any of a comparatively recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature written in Sanskrit and concerned with powerful ritual acts of body, speech, and mind.

ETYMOLOGY:
Sanskrit tantram, doctrine, loom; see ten- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
tantric (-tr

k) KEY (Adjective)

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