Sanskrit Noun
tantra
continuum
तन्त्र
རྒྱུད།
密宗
Basic Meaning
Tantra, when juxtaposed with Sūtra, generally refers to the scriptures and texts which discuss esoteric topics. While the term is used to refer to texts on other topics, it is mostly used to refer to the genre of scriptures and texts on themes and topics associated with Vajrayāna Buddhism.
| Term Variations | |
|---|---|
| Key Term | tantra |
| Topic Variation | tantra |
| Tibetan | རྒྱུད། ( gyu) |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | rgyud ( gyu) |
| Devanagari Sanskrit | तन्त्र ( tantra) |
| Romanized Sanskrit | tantra ( tantra) |
| Chinese | 密宗 |
| Chinese Pinyin | mìzōng |
| Buddha-nature Site Standard English | continuum |
| Richard Barron's English Term | tantra |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | continuum |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | continuum |
| Term Information | |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | Tantra, when juxtaposed with Sūtra, generally refers to the scriptures and texts which discuss esoteric topics. While the term is used to refer to texts on other topics, it is mostly used to refer to the genre of scriptures and texts on themes and topics associated with Vajrayāna Buddhism. |
| Related Terms | sūtra, Vajrayāna |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Definitions | |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo | གསང་སྔགས་དང་དེའི་གཞུང་རྣམས། མདོ་རྒྱུད། ཕ་རྒྱུད། མ་རྒྱུད། སྨན་གྱི་རྒྱུད་བཞི། |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia:Tantra |
