# tantra
## English
### Etymology

From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, from *ten-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʌntɹə/, /ˈtɑːntɹə/, /ˈtæntɹə/
* Hyphenation: tan‧tra

### Noun

tantra (plural tantras)
* A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

#### Derived terms

* black tantra
* red tantra
* tantric
* white tantra

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Rattan, Tartan, Tatran, rattan, tartan

## Dutch
### Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑn.traː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: tan‧tra
* Rhymes: -ɑntraː

### Noun

tantra m (plural tantra's)
* (Buddhism, Hinduism, countable) tantra (esoterical text)
* (Buddhism, Hinduism, uncountable, chiefly in non-specialist usage) tantrism
    Synonym: tantrisme

#### Derived terms

* tantrika
* tantrisch
* tantrisme

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑntrɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝n̪.t̪rɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑntrɑ
* Hyphenation: tant‧ra

### Noun

tantra
* tantra

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tantra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tantrani
tantrani
accusative
nom.
tantrani
tantrani
gen.
tantrani
genitive
tantrani
tantrojeni tantraini $^{rare}$
partitive
tantraani
tantrojani
inessive
tantrassani
tantroissani
elative
tantrastani
tantroistani
illative
tantraani
tantroihini
adessive
tantrallani
tantroillani
ablative
tantraltani
tantroiltani
allative
tantralleni
tantroilleni
essive
tantranani
tantroinani
translative
tantrakseni
tantroikseni
abessive
tantrattani
tantroittani
instructive
comitative
—tantroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tantrasi
tantrasi
accusative
nom.
tantrasi
tantrasi
gen.
tantrasi
genitive
tantrasi
tantrojesi tantraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
tantraasi
tantrojasi
inessive
tantrassasi
tantroissasi
elative
tantrastasi
tantroistasi
illative
tantraasi
tantroihisi
adessive
tantrallasi
tantroillasi
ablative
tantraltasi
tantroiltasi
allative
tantrallesi
tantroillesi
essive
tantranasi
tantroinasi
translative
tantraksesi
tantroiksesi
abessive
tantrattasi
tantroittasi
instructive
comitative
—tantroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tantramme
tantramme
accusative
nom.
tantramme
tantramme
gen.
tantramme
genitive
tantramme
tantrojemme tantraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
tantraamme
tantrojamme
inessive
tantrassamme
tantroissamme
elative
tantrastamme
tantroistamme
illative
tantraamme
tantroihimme
adessive
tantrallamme
tantroillamme
ablative
tantraltamme
tantroiltamme
allative
tantrallemme
tantroillemme
essive
tantranamme
tantroinamme
translative
tantraksemme
tantroiksemme
abessive
tantrattamme
tantroittamme
instructive
comitative
—tantroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tantranne
tantranne
accusative
nom.
tantranne
tantranne
gen.
tantranne
genitive
tantranne
tantrojenne tantrainne $^{rare}$
partitive
tantraanne
tantrojanne
inessive
tantrassanne
tantroissanne
elative
tantrastanne
tantroistanne
illative
tantraanne
tantroihinne
adessive
tantrallanne
tantroillanne
ablative
tantraltanne
tantroiltanne
allative
tantrallenne
tantroillenne
essive
tantrananne
tantroinanne
translative
tantraksenne
tantroiksenne
abessive
tantrattanne
tantroittanne
instructive
comitative
—tantroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tantransa
tantransa
accusative
nom.
tantransa
tantransa
gen.
tantransa
genitive
tantransa
tantrojensa tantrainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
tantraansa
tantrojaan tantrojansa
inessive
tantrassaan tantrassansa
tantroissaan tantroissansa
elative
tantrastaan tantrastansa
tantroistaan tantroistansa
illative
tantraansa
tantroihinsa
adessive
tantrallaan tantrallansa
tantroillaan tantroillansa
ablative
tantraltaan tantraltansa
tantroiltaan tantroiltansa
allative
tantralleen tantrallensa
tantroilleen tantroillensa
essive
tantranaan tantranansa
tantroinaan tantroinansa
translative
tantrakseen tantraksensa
tantroikseen tantroiksensa
abessive
tantrattaan tantrattansa
tantroittaan tantroittansa
instructive
comitative
—tantroineen tantroinensa :

### Further reading

* “tantra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, from the root *ten-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtan.tra/
* Rhymes: -antra
* Hyphenation: tàn‧tra

### Noun

tantra m (invariable)
* tantra

#### Derived terms

* tantrico
* tantrismo

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra). Doublet of tantri.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tan.tra/
* Rhymes: -tra
* Hyphenation: tan‧tra

### Noun

tantra
* doctrine
* illustrative stories
* line, lineage;
* ancestor

#### Derived terms

* makatantra
* patantra
* adṛśyatantra
* asuratantra
* dīkṣātantra
* jyotiṣatantra
* kulatantra
* kusumāyudhatantra
* kāmatantra
* madanatantra
* mānawatantra
* rodratantra
* sarwatantra
* smaratantra
* sutantra
* swatantra
* tantracarita
* tantragata
* tantratraya
* tantrawaṅśaja
* tantrawākya
* *tantrayukti
* wyākaraṇatantra

### Further reading

* "tantra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tántram, from Proto-Indo-European *téntlom, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtan.tra/
* Rhymes: -antra
* Syllabification: tan‧tra

### Noun

tantra f
* (Hinduism, Buddhism) tantra (Hindu or Buddhist religious text)

#### Derived terms

* tantryczny

#### Related terms

* tantryzm

### Further reading

* tantra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

tantra f (Cyrillic spelling тантра)
* tantra

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtantɾa/ [ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪ɾa]
* Rhymes: -antɾa
* Syllabification: tan‧tra

### Noun

tantra m (plural tantras)
* tantra

#### Derived terms

* tántrico

### Further reading

* “tantra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10