Tantra
| Key Term | tantra |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | རྒྱུད། |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | rgyud |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | तन्त्र |
| Romanized Sanskrit | tantra |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | gyu |
| Chinese Script | 密宗 |
| Chinese Pinyin | mìzōng |
| Richard Barron's English Term | tantra |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | continuum |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | continuum |
| Term Type | Noun |
| 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. |
| Has the Sense of | The term implies a continuum or stream and is thus used to refer to scriptures which teach a substrate nature, such as buddha-nature, that underlies empirical phenomena. |
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