English-Thai Dictionary
tantra
N หนัง พิธี ใน ศาสนา ฮินดู ปรัชญา ใน หนังสือ หนึ่ง ของ ศาสนา ฮินดู
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TANTRA
TANTRA Tan "tra (tan "tra; tun "-), n. [Skr. ] (Hinduism )
Defn: A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp. , one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti. -- Tan "tric (-trik ), a.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Tantra
Tan tra |ˈtantrə ˈtæntrə | ▶noun a Hindu or Buddhist mystical or ritual text, dating from the 6th to the 13th centuries. • adherence to the doctrines or principles of the tantras, involving mantras, meditation, yoga, and ritual. DERIVATIVES tan tric |-trik |adjective, tan trism |-ˌtrizəm |noun, tan trist |-trist |noun ORIGIN Sanskrit, literally ‘loom, groundwork, doctrine, ’ from tan ‘stretch. ’
Oxford Dictionary
tantra
tantra |ˈtantrə, ˈtʌntrə | ▶noun a Hindu or Buddhist mystical or magical text, dating from the 7th century or earlier. • [ mass noun ] adherence to the doctrines or principles of the tantras, involving mantras, meditation, yoga, and ritual. DERIVATIVES tantric adjective, tantrism noun, tantrist noun ORIGIN Sanskrit, literally ‘loom, groundwork, doctrine ’, from tan ‘stretch ’.
Duden Dictionary
Tantra
Tan t ra , Tan tra Substantiv, Neutrum , das |T a ntra |das Tantra; Genitiv: des Tantra [s ], Plural: die Tantras, selten: …en sanskritisch tantra = Gewebe; System; Lehre 1 ohne Plural Lehrsystem des Tantrismus 2 Schrift des Tantrismus
Spanish Dictionary
tantra
tantra nombre masculino Conjunto de textos sagrados y rituales religiosos esotéricos budistas e hindúes :los tantras hindúes están organizados en forma de diálogo entre el dios Siva y su consorte; los textos que forman el Tantra se escribieron mayoritariamente en el período medieval .En esta acepción suele escribirse con mayúscula .