tantra

tantra

See also: Tantra

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, from *ten-.

Pronunciation

• (This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!)
• 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 (tôntrô) Burmese: တန္တရ (tanta.ra.) Chinese: Cantonese: 怛特羅／怛特罗, 怛特罗 (daat³dak⁶lo⁴) Mandarin: 怛特羅／怛特罗 (dátèluó) Finnish: tantra German: Tantra n Hindi: तन्त्र (hi) (tantra) Japanese: タントラ (tantora) Korean: 탄트라 (tanteura) Macedonian: тантра f (tantra) Mongolian: дандар (mn) (dandar) Polish: tantra (pl) f Punjabi: ਤੰਤਰ m (tantar) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тантра f Roman: tantra (sh) f Telugu: తంత్రము (te) (tantramu) Vietnamese: đát-đặc-la (怛特羅)

Anagrams

• Rattan, Tartan, Tatran, rattan, tartan

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑn.traː/

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• Hyphenation: tan‧tra
• Rhymes: -ɑntraː

Noun

tantra m (plural tantra's)

1. (Buddhism, Hinduism, countable) tantra (esoterical text)
2. (Buddhism, Hinduism, uncountable, chiefly in non-specialist usage) tantrism

   Synonym: tantrisme

Derived terms

• tantrika
• tantrisch
• tantrisme

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Finnish

Etymology

From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑntrɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑn̪t̪rɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑntrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tant‧ra

Noun

tantra

1. tantra

Declension

Inflection of tantra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		tantra	tantrat
genitive		tantran	tantrojen
partitive		tantraa	tantroja
illative		tantraan	tantroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tantra	tantrat
accusative	nom.	tantra	tantrat
	gen.	tantran
genitive		tantran	tantrojen tantrainrare
partitive		tantraa	tantroja
inessive		tantrassa	tantroissa
elative		tantrasta	tantroista
illative		tantraan	tantroihin
adessive		tantralla	tantroilla
ablative		tantralta	tantroilta
allative		tantralle	tantroille
essive		tantrana	tantroina
translative		tantraksi	tantroiksi
instructive		—	tantroin
abessive		tantratta	tantroitta
comitative		—	tantroineen

Possessive forms of tantra (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	tantrani	tantramme
2nd person	tantrasi	tantranne
3rd person	tantransa

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, from the root *ten-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.tra/
• Rhymes: -antra
• Hyphenation: tàn‧tra

Noun

tantra m (invariable)

1. tantra

Derived terms

• tantrico
• tantrismo

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tántram, from Proto-Indo-European *téntlom, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.tra/
• Rhymes: -antra
• Syllabification: tan‧tra

Noun

tantra f

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) tantra (Hindu or Buddhist religious text)

Declension

Declension of tantra

	singular	plural
nominative	tantra	tantry
genitive	tantry	tantr
dative	tantrze	tantrom
accusative	tantrę	tantry
instrumental	tantrą	tantrami
locative	tantrze	tantrach
vocative	tantro	tantry

Derived terms

adjective

• tantryczny

 

Related terms

noun

• tantryzm

 

Further reading

• tantra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tantra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tantra f (Cyrillic spelling тантра)

1. tantra

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtantɾa/ [ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -antɾa
• Syllabification: tan‧tra

Noun

tantra m (plural tantras)

1. tantra

Derived terms

• tántrico

Further reading

• “tantra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014