资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tantra \Tan"tra\ (t[a^]n"tr[.a]; t[u^]n"-), n. [Skr.] (Hinduism)
   A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic
   literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers
   of Sakti. -- {Tan"tric} (-tr[i^]k), a.

资料来源 : WordNet®

tantra
     n 1: any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious
          literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech
          and mind
     2: 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 [syn: {Tantrism}]