maithuna, n.Definitions

Maithuna (n.) or ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠sexual yoga in Hindu sculpture is not pornography but an emblem of the eternal union of spirit and nature — as sacred as Christian matrimony.

Maithuna (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Tantric union with a "spiritual wife" — obscene only in missionaries' minds; it meant a man and woman pursuing their spiritual growth together.