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Telluride · 06-05-2005, 07:39 PM

I have kind of a dumb question about tantra.

I've been reading up on it over the last few weeks, and I've noticed the use of the words "tantric" and "tantrik". I want to know if the different way of spelling this word gives it a different meaning? They seem to be used interchangably, but I've even seen both spellings used in the same article/essay which leads me to believe that there is some sort of difference between the two (Otherwise they would have used the same spelling in all instances, right?). I've looked around and can't find anything online that mentions any difference in meaning with the spelling variations. Does anyone here know?

It's not like it's a big deal. I just hate not knowing.

Sage · 06-05-2005, 09:41 PM

from www.shivashakti.com:
"Tantra, or more properly tantrika..."

It's just a difference in spelling. Tantric is the westernized version of "that which has to do with Tantra" where as Tantrik is just a different way of indicating "tantra (tantrika)." English does a lot of wierd things with the Sanskrit language.

Telluride · 06-05-2005, 11:20 PM

Thanks for the help.

06-05-2005, 07:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Telluride Browncoat Location: California	Kind of a dumb question about tantra... I have kind of a dumb question about tantra. I've been reading up on it over the last few weeks, and I've noticed the use of the words "tantric" and "tantrik". I want to know if the different way of spelling this word gives it a different meaning? They seem to be used interchangably, but I've even seen both spellings used in the same article/essay which leads me to believe that there is some sort of difference between the two (Otherwise they would have used the same spelling in all instances, right?). I've looked around and can't find anything online that mentions any difference in meaning with the spelling variations. Does anyone here know? It's not like it's a big deal. I just hate not knowing. __________________ "I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice." - Friedrich Hayek

06-05-2005, 09:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sage hoarding all the big girl panties since 2005 Location: North side	from www.shivashakti.com: "Tantra, or more properly tantrika..." It's just a difference in spelling. Tantric is the westernized version of "that which has to do with Tantra" where as Tantrik is just a different way of indicating "tantra (tantrika)." English does a lot of wierd things with the Sanskrit language. __________________ Sage knows our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's She answers hard acrostics, has a pretty taste for paradox She quotes in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus In conics she can floor peculiarities parabolous -C'hi

06-05-2005, 11:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Telluride Browncoat Location: California	Thanks for the help. __________________ "I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice." - Friedrich Hayek