different between yantra vs tantra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ?????? (yantra, “instrument”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?nt??/

Noun

yantra (plural yantras)

1. A geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.
2. (religion) Any object used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.
3. An equipment, instrument, machine or device.

Anagrams

• ratany

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tan?tra

Noun

tantra (plural tantras)

1. A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Rattan, Tartan, Tatran, rattan, tartan

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?n.tra?/
• Hyphenation: tan?tra
• Rhymes: -?ntra?

Noun

tantra m (plural tantra's)

1. (Buddhism, Hinduism, countable) tantra (esoterical text)
2. (Buddhism, Hinduism, uncountable, chiefly in non-specialist usage) tantrism

   Synonym: tantrisme

Derived terms

• tantrika
• tantrisch
• tantrisme

Italian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn?-tlo-, from the root *ten-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tan.tra/
• Hyphenation: tàn?tra

Noun

tantra m (invariable)

1. tantra

Derived terms

• tantrico
• tantrismo

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tan.tra/

Noun

tantra f

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) tantra (Hindu or Buddhist religious text)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) tantryczny

Related terms

• (noun) tantryzm

Further reading

• tantra in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tantra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tantra f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. tantra