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tantrism

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tantrism  \Tan"trism\,  n. 
  The  system  of  doctrines  and  rites  taught  in  the  tantras.  -- 
  {Tan"trist},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Tantrism 
  n  1:  movement  within  Buddhism  combining  elements  of  Hinduism  and 
  paganism  [syn:  {Tantrism}] 
  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:  {Tantra},  {Tantrism}]




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