tantra

noun

doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world

any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind

Roots

tantratantra- · Sanskrit · loom, warp, framework, doctrine

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