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tantra

 
Monier Williams
English
TANTRA,
s.
(A religious treatise, generally in the form of a
dialogue between Siva and Durga, teaching peculiar and
mystical formulæ for the worship of the deities, or the
attainment of superhuman power. These works are
very numerous, and their authority in many parts of
India seems, in a great measure, to have superseded
that of the Vedas) तन्त्रं
‘a follower of the doctrine taught
in the Tantras, तान्त्रिकः.
अमरकोशः
Sanskrit
Word: गुरुपरम्परागतसदुपदेशः
Root: गुरुपरम्परागतसदुपदेश ...
Gender: undefined
Number: undefined
Meaning(s):
tantra
family
advice
the Veda
sacred tradition
received doctrine
traditional usage
series of families
family or national customs
veda or the Vedas in the aggregate
instruction in past and present usage
sacred texts handed down by repetition
that which is to be remembered or studied or learnt by heart
Shloka(s):
3|2|7|2 आप्रच्छन्नमथाम्नायः सम्प्रदायः क्षये क्षिया॥ (सङ्कीर्णवर्गः)
Synonym(s):
3|2|7|2 आम्नायः (आम्नाय) (पुं) tantra, family, advice, the Veda, sacred tradition, received doctrine, traditional usage, series of families, family or national customs, veda or the Vedas in the aggregate, instruction in past and present usage, sacred texts handed down by repetition, that which is to be remembered or studied or learnt by heart
3|2|7|2 सम्प्रदायः (सम्प्रदाय) (पुं) cult, wont, sect, bestower, presenter, tradition, traditional belief or usage, any peculiar or sectarian system of religious teaching, established doctrine transmitted from one teacher to another
Related word(s):
जातिः पौरुषेयः