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Tan⋅tri⋅ka

[tuhn-tri-kuh, tan-]
–noun
1. Also called Tan⋅trist [tuhn-trist, tan-] . an adherent of Tantra.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Tantra.
Also, Tan⋅tric, Tan⋅trik [tuhn-trik, tan-] .


Origin:
var. of Tantric. See Tantra, -ic
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tan·tra   (tŭn'trə, tān'-)   
n.  Any of a comparatively recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature written in Sanskrit and concerned with powerful ritual acts of body, speech, and mind.

[Sanskrit tantram, doctrine, loom; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
tan'tric (-trĭk) adj.
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