maithuna

M3A1I1T1H4U1N1A1

noun

tantric sexual union

OriginSanskrit मैथुन →
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Meanings

nounmaithuna (uncountable)
  1. uncountabletantric sexual union

    In Tantric intercourse, or maithuna, neither the man nor the woman is on the bottom in the sense of inferiority, but both sit in equality, face to face.

    1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 21

Origin

  1. Sanskritमैथुन
  2. Englishmaithuna

Borrowed from Sanskrit मैथुन (maithuna).

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APA

maithuna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maithuna

MLA

“maithuna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maithuna. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maithuna,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maithuna.

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