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Tantra

Definition: Tantra

Tantra

Noun

1. 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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Tantra

Synonym: Tantrism (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Tantra

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Pseudo-Revelation

Noun: the Koran, the Alcoran; Lyking, Vedas, Zendavesta, Avesta, Sastra, Shastra, Tantra, Upanishads, Purana, Edda; Book of Mormon.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: Tantra

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Tantra buin (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Tantra

DomainTitle

Books

  • Gay Tantra (reference)

  • The Supreme Source: The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Tantra of Gyuto: Sacred Rituals of Tibet (reference)

  • Tantra Tai Chi for Couples (reference)

  • Ultimate Pleasures: Erotic Explorations of Tantra (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Tantra

Expressions using "Tantra": Bodywork Tantra Tantra toning. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tantra

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tantra

1,997

tantra yoga

194

tantra massage

162

tantra sex

114

tantra goddess

56

tantra position

37

tantra chicago

29

tantra workshop

24

tantra sutra

23

tantra new york

21
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Tantra

Language Translations for "tantra"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

antratay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Tantra

Derivations

Words beginning with "Tantra": tantras. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Tantra"

Words rhyming with "Tantra" (pronounced 'Tan"tra'): Calyptra, Chittra, Conistra, Contra, Dicentra, Fenestra, Foutra, Mactra, mantra, Mostra, Palestra, Solenogastra, Sutra. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Tantra

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: rattan, tartan.

Words within the letters "a-a-n-r-t-t"

-1 letter: antra, attar, ratan, tatar.

-2 letters: anta, rant, tarn, tart.

-3 letters: ana, ant, art, att, ran, rat, tan, tar, tat.

-4 letters: aa, an, ar, at, na, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-n-r-t-t"
 

+1 letter: arnatto, rattans, tantara, tantras, tartana, tartans.

 

+2 letters: alterant, anteater, arnattos, attainer, natatory, reactant, reattain, saturant, tantaras, tarantas, tarlatan, tarletan, tartanas, transact.

 

+3 letters: alterants, alternate, annotator, antarctic, anteaters, antidraft, antiparty, apartment, arrestant, astronaut, attainder, attainers, harmattan, natatoria, reactants, reattains, retardant, saturants, tarantism, tarantula, tarlatans, tarletans, tarnation, tearstain, termagant, transacts, translate.

 

+4 letters: adulterant, alteration, alternated, alternates, alternator, annotators, anthracite, antimarket, antimatter, antinature, antiracist, antitrades, apartments, aquatinter, arctangent, arrestants, astronauts, attainders, attenuator, attractant, attracting, attraction, cantatrice, cantatrici, castrating, castration, denaturant, harmattans, ingratiate, intraplate, intrastate, intravital, intravitam, maturating, maturation, natatorial, natatorium, naturalist, naturopath, reattained, restaurant, retardants, retreatant, rotational, saturating, saturation, starvation, stationary, surfactant, tantalizer, tarantases, tarantella, tarantisms, tarantulae, tarantulas, tarnations, tearstains, tentacular, termagants, tetracaine, tetragonal, trabeation, tractional, tragacanth, tramontane, transacted, transactor, transeptal, translated, translates, translator, transplant, transudate, unsaturate.

 

+5 letters: abstracting, abstraction, adulterants, alterations, altercating, altercation, alternately, alternating, alternation, alternative, alternators, anthracites, anthracitic, anticipator, antigravity, antimatters, antinatural, antinatures, antiracists, antirealist, antitarnish, antitumoral, apartmental, appurtenant, aquatinters, arbitrament, arbitrating, arbitration, arctangents, astronautic, attenuators, attractance, attractancy, attractants, attractions, attritional, cantatrices, castrations, coarctation, contractual, denaturants, entablature, extravagant, fractionate, fragmentate, gnatcatcher, gratulating, gratulation, gravitating, gravitation, impartation, incantatory, ingratiated, ingratiates, interactant, intercalate, intractable, intractably, intrathecal, maltreating, matriculant, maturations, natatoriums, naturalists, naturopaths, naturopathy, nonabstract, participant, paternalist, portmanteau, protonemata, ratiocinate, rationalist, rationality, rattlebrain, rattlesnake, reattaching, reattacking, reattaining, recantation, restaurants, retaliating, retaliation, retardation, retranslate, retreatants, saturations, standpatter, starvations, strangulate, supernatant, surfactants, tantalizers, tarantellas, tearstained, tetracaines, tetrahymena, tetravalent, trabeations, traditional, tragacanths, tramontanes, transacting, transaction, transactors, transhumant, translating, translation, translative, translators, translatory, translocate, transmittal, transparent, transplants, transudates, trepanation, treponemata, triangulate, trinitarian, uncastrated, unsaturated, unsaturates, utilitarian, vaticinator.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tantra


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 6E 74 72 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .-    -.    -    .-.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01101110 01110100 01110010 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#110 &#116 &#114 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 006E 0074 0072 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

546780868467

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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