maithuna
maithuna noun: tantric sexual union.
Noun
maithuna (uncountable)
- tantric 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
maithuna meaning in Gujarati
maithuna in Gujarati
- maithuna, sexual relations
- મેહુણ mehuṇ
Origin of maithuna
Borrowed from Sanskrit मैथुन (maithuna).
Questions about maithuna
- What does maithuna mean?
- Maithuna means tantric sexual union.
- What is maithuna in Gujarati?
- Maithuna in Gujarati is મેહુણ (mehuṇ). See Maithuna meaning in Gujarati.
- What part of speech is maithuna?
- Maithuna is a noun.
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