tantra

Any of a comparatively recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature written in Sanskrit and concerned with powerful ritual acts of body, speech, and mind.

One of a class of recent Sanskrit religious works, in which mysticism and magic play a great part.

A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti.

A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind

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