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Tantra
(redirected from Tantrika)

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Tantra
(1) A religious, philosophical and magical movement in Hinduism
(2) A yogic method of healing through sexual activity
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Even a modern Indian author, writing originally at about the same time I was visiting Varanasi, would comment that "some of the Tantrika practices seem more than a little extraordinary and sometimes include elements of sexual perversion.
Sex and mysticism by Gotz, Ignacio L. / Cross Currents
The balding love machine famously said that, as an experienced Tantrika - one who practises this mysterious art of marathon bonking - he could have sex for eight hours at a stretch, and still be ramrod straight and upstanding.
Tony Parsons Column: Sting in the Tantric tale by The Mirror (London, England)
It is as if the male Tantrika must fight for this heterosexuality against great odds.
Heroic heretical heterosexuality by Kripal, Jeffrey J. / Cross Currents
 
 
 
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