Tantra

- "The term tantra, in the Indian traditions, also means any systematic broadly applicable 'text, theory, system, method, instrument, technique or practice'."

- "Tantra developed on the Indian subcontinent from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards."

- "Tantra developed in both Hinduism and Buddhism."

- "A key feature of these traditions is the use of mantras."

- "There are tantric lineages in all main forms of modern Hinduism, such as the Shaiva Siddhanta tradition, the Shakta sect of Shri Vidya, the Kaula, and Kashmir Shaivism."

- "The Vajrayana traditions in Buddhism are known for tantric ideas and practices."

- "Tantric Hindu and Buddhist traditions have also influenced other Eastern religious traditions such as Jainism, the Tibetan Bön tradition, Daoism, and the Japanese Shintō tradition."

- "Certain modes of non-Vedic worship such as Puja are considered tantric in their conception and rituals."

- "Hindu texts describing these topics are called Tantras, Āgamas or Samhitās."

- "Tantra has influenced the art and iconography of Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism."

- "The Vajrayana traditions in Buddhism, which are based on Indian Buddhist Tantras, include Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, Japanese Shingon Buddhism, and Nepalese Newar Buddhism."

- "They are commonly referred to as Mantramārga ('Path of Mantra') in Hinduism or Mantrayāna ('Mantra Vehicle') and Guhyamantra ('Secret Mantra') in Buddhism."

- "Starting in the early centuries of the common era, newly revealed Tantras centering on Vishnu, Shiva or Shakti emerged."

- "Hindu temple building also generally conforms to the iconography of tantra."

- "Although Southern Esoteric Buddhism does not directly reference the tantras, its practices and ideas parallel them."

- "Tantric traditions have influenced the art and iconography of Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism, as well as historic cave temples of India."

- "They include Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, Japanese Shingon Buddhism, and Nepalese Newar Buddhism."

- "The Shakta sect of Shri Vidya is considered tantric."

- "Tantra (Sanskrit: तन्त्र, lit. 'expansion-device, salvation-spreader; loom, weave, warp')"

- "Starting in the early centuries of the common era."