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tantra.

A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtʌntɹə//ˈtɑːntɹə//ˈtæntɹə/
  1. A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

Where this word comes from

From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo- /*tn̥-tlo-, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”) with the suffix *-tlom denoting instruments. Doublet of tar (“string instrument”).

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