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Tantric

Tantric

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Relating to special spiritual practices in Hinduism and Buddhism
  • adjective
  • /ˈtæntrɪk/
: tántrico
  • New forms of devotionalism and the rise of Tantric and esoteric traditions during the first millennium.
  • Tantric yoga
  • Tantric yogin
  • ancient Tantric

Those deep breaths, those deep tantric breaths, breathing together.

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Examples

  • Those are the sadhus from northern Nepal, for example, the tantric masters from northern India.

  • The workshop focused on the Tantric principles of energy and connection.

  • I'm a master of the Tantric art.

  • It's an early Tantric meditation.

  • How about one where it's based entirely on Tantric practices?

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  • Yes, this pose contains a tantric hip thrust.

  • Rulers across India were attracted to tantric masters as agents of power.

  • For the more visual, the Tantric yantra may be the way, or a murti.

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  • At the basis of tantric philosophy is the liberation of energy, shakti, and the awakening of kundalini.

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  • The sincerity of Tantric worship impressed Mrs. Nina when she visited a monastery in Sikkim.

    Fiction book (1993)

Surface Forms

Tantric positive

Morphology

Tantric = tantra (transparent) = tantra + ic

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-ic' to 'tantra', so the adjective straightforwardly means 'relating to Tantra'.

Etymology

Tantric comes from the Sanskrit word Tantra, which originally meant 'weave' or 'loom' and later came to mean a book or method that 'weaves' ideas and practices together. So Tantric describes spiritual systems in Hinduism and Buddhism that join many symbols, rituals, and teachings into one connected path.