Tantra is an English word with synonyms like tantrism or buddhism. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tantra meaning
A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.
Using Tantra
- The main meaning on this page is: A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.
- Useful related words include: sanskrit literature, tantrism, buddhism.
- In the example corpus, tantra often appears in combinations such as: of tantra, tantra in, tantra as.
Context around Tantra
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tantra
- In this selection, "tantra" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, various, dakshinachara, practised, techniques, texts and transfiguration stand out and add context to how "tantra" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include claim of tantra stemming from and class of tantra two stages. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tantra" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tantra
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Joyner started practicing Tantra in the ‘80s. (7 words)
Associated with the left hand path tantra. (7 words)
Tantra in Kerala context refers to Dakshinachara Tantra. (8 words)
She knew that tantra was "what she was meant to do", so she learnt much more about the physical perspective of tantra, which has had a significant impact on the development and success of Dark Massage. (36 words)
Hence for many modern readers Tantra is now synonymous with "spiritual sex" or "sacred sexuality," a belief that sex should be recognized as a sacred act capable of elevating its participants to a higher spiritual plane. (36 words)
He has excellent communication skills, a lot of empathy, a listening ear, genuine interest and an eye for detail with a passion for tantra,” reads the bio, according to Google Translate. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Tantra techniques main Classifications of tantra The various Tantra-texts can be classified in various ways.
She knew that tantra was "what she was meant to do", so she learnt much more about the physical perspective of tantra, which has had a significant impact on the development and success of Dark Massage.
Tantra in Kerala context refers to Dakshinachara Tantra.
Urban (2003), p. 135 Woodroffe practised Tantra and, while trying to maintain scholastic objectivity, was a student of Hindu Tantra (the Shiva-Shakta tradition). : See Arthur Avalon, trans.
I can say I have passed through the lessons of tantra transfiguration, to use an elegant phrase that I recently came across, to move from secular to sacred activism.
Contemporary artists continue to draw inspiration from Tantra with this housewife adopting Kali's pose.
He has excellent communication skills, a lot of empathy, a listening ear, genuine interest and an eye for detail with a passion for tantra,” reads the bio, according to Google Translate.
Tantra works in five ways – through Drishti, Anumana, Upamana, Sabda and Arthapathi.
The BurgerBoyz outside the nightclub Ace Tantra will feed you until 5am.
This chronology makes the claim – of Tantra stemming from Vedas – untenable.
Joyner started practicing Tantra in the ‘80s.
All three saw Tantra as "the most transgressive and violent path to the sacred".
Annuttara-yoga tantras In the highest class of tantra, two stages of practice are distinguished.
As Long As Space Endures: Essays on the Kalacakra Tantra in Honor of H.H. the Dalai Lama, Snow Lion Publications, 2009.
Associated with the left hand path tantra.
As the interest in Tantra has grown in the West, its perception deviates remarkably from the Tantric traditions.
Flood (1996), p. 122. Although later Tantric writers wanted to base their doctrines on the Vedas, some orthodox followers of the Vedic tradition denigrated Tantra as anti-Vedic.
Hence for many modern readers Tantra is now synonymous with "spiritual sex" or "sacred sexuality," a belief that sex should be recognized as a sacred act capable of elevating its participants to a higher spiritual plane.
However, it has been claimed that orthodox Vedic traditions were inimical to Tantra.
Kūkai's philosophy is based on the Mahavairocana Tantra and the Vajrasekhara Sutra (both from the seventh century).
Common combinations with tantra
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of tantra 6×
- tantra in 4×
- tantra as 3×
- tantra is 3×
- tantra the 2×
- tantra and 2×
- to tantra 2×
- with tantra 2×
- word tantra 2×