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The esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that developed in India from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism
Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Tantrism
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Broader terms: Buddhism
noun
any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Sanskrit literature
History
From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo- /*tn̥-tlo-, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”) with the suffix *-tlom denoting instruments. Doublet of tar (“string instrument”).
Across languages
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