tantra
English
noun
Definitions
- A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (rule, doctrine, an army) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tantric English
- tantrically English
- tantrism English
- tantrist English
- tantra Italian
- tantra Dutch, Flemish
- *ten-, *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ten-tlo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo- Proto-Indo-European
- タントラ Japanese
- tantra Polish
- तन्त्र Sanskrit
- स्वतन्त्र Sanskrit
- तंत्र Hindi
- tantri Indonesian
- tentara Indonesian
- తంత్రజ్ఞుడు Telugu
- తంత్రవాది Telugu
- তাঁত Assamese
- 怛特羅 Chinese
- 탄트라 Korean
- *tántram Proto-Indo-Aryan