Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tantra \Tan"tra\ (t[a^]n"tr[.a]; t[u^]n"-), n. [Skr.] (Hinduism)
A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic
literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers
of Sakti. -- {Tan"tric} (-tr[i^]k), a.
Source : WordNet®
tantra
n 1: any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious
literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech
and mind
2: doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness
of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of
Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical
elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites;
especially influential in Tibet [syn: {Tantrism}]