Tantra
Tantra (; ) is an esoteric yogic tradition that developed on the India, Indian subcontinent beginning in the middle of the 1st millennium CE, first within Shaivism and later in Buddhism.
The term ''tantra'', in the Greater India, Indian tr ...
is an esoteric tradition in Hinduism and Buddhism.
Tantra may also refer to:
Religion
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Buddhist tantric literature, the literature of the Vajrayana Buddhist traditions
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Hindu tantric literature
Hindu tantric literature refers to esoteric scriptures in Hinduism.
Classes
The word ''tantra'' is made up by the joining (''sandhi'' in Sanskrit) of two Sanskrit words: ''tanoti'' (expansion) and ''trayati'' (liberation). Tantra means liberat ...
, esoteric scriptures in Hinduism
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Neotantra, a Western new religious movement influenced by the Eastern esoteric spiritual traditions of Tantra
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Tantra massage, a form of erotic massage that incorporates elements of the neotantric movement in the Western world
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Tantric sex, a range of practices in Hindu and Buddhist tantra that utilize sexual activity in a ritual or yogic context
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Tibetan tantric practice, tantric practices in Tibetan Buddhism
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Vajrayana
''Vajrayāna'' (; 'vajra vehicle'), also known as Mantrayāna ('mantra vehicle'), Guhyamantrayāna ('secret mantra vehicle'), Tantrayāna ('tantra vehicle'), Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, is a Mahāyāna Buddhism, Mahāyāna Buddhis ...
, a Buddhist tradition of tantric practice
Entertainment
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''Tantra'' (album), a 2022 album by Yung Bleu
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Tantra (comics), a Marvel Comics character
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''Tantra'' (film), a 2024 Indian film
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''Tantra'' (TV series), an Indian television series
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''Tantras'' (module), a 1989 module for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game
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''Tantras'' (novel), a 1989 novel by Scott Ciencin
Other uses
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Tantra (Kolkata), a nightclub in India
See also
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Tantric (disambiguation)
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