tantra

See also: Tantra

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌntɹə/, /ˈtɑːntɹə/, /ˈtæntɹə/
• 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 (bn) (tontro)
• Burmese: တန္တရ (tanta.ra.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 怛特羅／怛特罗 (daat³ dak⁶ lo⁴)

  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

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑntrɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝n̪.t̪rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑntrɑ
• Hyphenation^(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 tantrain rare
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
abessive		tantratta	tantroitta
instructive		—	tantroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tantra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tantrani tantrani accusative nom. tantrani tantrani gen. tantrani genitive tantrani tantrojeni tantraini rare partitive tantraani tantrojani inessive tantrassani tantroissani elative tantrastani tantroistani illative tantraani tantroihini adessive tantrallani tantroillani ablative tantraltani tantroiltani allative tantralleni tantroilleni essive tantranani tantroinani translative tantrakseni tantroikseni abessive tantrattani tantroittani instructive — — comitative — tantroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tantrasi tantrasi accusative nom. tantrasi tantrasi gen. tantrasi genitive tantrasi tantrojesi tantraisi rare partitive tantraasi tantrojasi inessive tantrassasi tantroissasi elative tantrastasi tantroistasi illative tantraasi tantroihisi adessive tantrallasi tantroillasi ablative tantraltasi tantroiltasi allative tantrallesi tantroillesi essive tantranasi tantroinasi translative tantraksesi tantroiksesi abessive tantrattasi tantroittasi instructive — — comitative — tantroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tantramme tantramme accusative nom. tantramme tantramme gen. tantramme genitive tantramme tantrojemme tantraimme rare partitive tantraamme tantrojamme inessive tantrassamme tantroissamme elative tantrastamme tantroistamme illative tantraamme tantroihimme adessive tantrallamme tantroillamme ablative tantraltamme tantroiltamme allative tantrallemme tantroillemme essive tantranamme tantroinamme translative tantraksemme tantroiksemme abessive tantrattamme tantroittamme instructive — — comitative — tantroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tantranne tantranne accusative nom. tantranne tantranne gen. tantranne genitive tantranne tantrojenne tantrainne rare partitive tantraanne tantrojanne inessive tantrassanne tantroissanne elative tantrastanne tantroistanne illative tantraanne tantroihinne adessive tantrallanne tantroillanne ablative tantraltanne tantroiltanne allative tantrallenne tantroillenne essive tantrananne tantroinanne translative tantraksenne tantroiksenne abessive tantrattanne tantroittanne instructive — — comitative — tantroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tantransa tantransa accusative nom. tantransa tantransa gen. tantransa genitive tantransa tantrojensa tantrainsa rare partitive tantraansa tantrojaan tantrojansa inessive tantrassaan tantrassansa tantroissaan tantroissansa elative tantrastaan tantrastansa tantroistaan tantroistansa illative tantraansa tantroihinsa adessive tantrallaan tantrallansa tantroillaan tantroillansa ablative tantraltaan tantraltansa tantroiltaan tantroiltansa allative tantralleen tantrallensa tantroilleen tantroillensa essive tantranaan tantranansa tantroinaan tantroinansa translative tantrakseen tantraksensa tantroikseen tantroiksensa abessive tantrattaan tantrattansa tantroittaan tantroittansa instructive — — comitative — tantroineen tantroinensa

Further reading

• “tantra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra). Doublet of tantri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tan.tra/
• Rhymes: -tra
• Hyphenation: tan‧tra

Noun

tantra

1. doctrine
2. illustrative stories
3. line, lineage;
4. ancestor

Derived terms

• makatantra
• patantra

 

• adṛśyatantra
• asuratantra
• dīkṣātantra
• jyotiṣatantra
• kulatantra
• kusumāyudhatantra
• kāmatantra
• madanatantra
• mānawatantra
• rodratantra
• sarwatantra
• smaratantra
• sutantra
• swatantra
• tantracarita
• tantragata
• tantratraya
• tantrawaṅśaja
• tantrawākya
• *tantrayukti
• wyākaraṇatantra

 

Further reading

• "tantra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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 Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tantra f (Cyrillic spelling тантра)

1. tantra

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10