Term | tantra |
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Tibetan | rgyud |
Sanskrit | tantra |
Pali | |
Definition | (1) An everlasting stream of continuity. On the causal level, the mental continuum, with its various aspects of Buddha-nature. On the pathway level, the continuity of practices involving Buddha-figures. On the resultant level, the continuity of the various corpuses or bodies of a Buddha. (2) The texts that discuss the above topics. |
Arabic | تانترا |
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German | Tantra |
French | tantra de l'anuttarayoga |
Italian | tantra |
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | tantra; continuum; mental continuum; life continuum |
Russian | тантра |
Vietnamese | mật điển |
Chinese (simplified) | “坦多罗”(密咒)、密传 |
Chinese (traditional) | “坦多羅”(密咒)、密傳 |