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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for यन्त्र

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. यन्त्रyantrasee col. 3.
    1. see column 3.
    2. neuter gender any instrument for holding or restraining or fastening, a prop, support, barrier fg-veda etc.
    3. neuter gender a fetter, band, tie, thong, rein, trace Mn. MBh.
    4. neuter gender a surgical instrument (especially a blunt one, such as tweezers, a vice etc., opp. to शस्त्र) Sus3r. Va1gbh.
    5. neuter gender any instrument or apparatus, mechanical contrivance, engine, machine, implement, appliance (as a bolt or lock on a door, oars or sails in a boat, etc.) MBh. Ka1v. etc. (confer, compare कूप-, जल-, तैल-य्that the rest of a word is to be supplied; in the beginning of a compound or in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' often Equivalent to mechanical, magical)
    6. neuter gender restraint, force (670304 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedत्रेण indeclinable forcibly, violently) MW.
    7. neuter gender an amulet, mystical diagram supposed to possess occult powers Katha1s. Pan5car. (confer, compare RTL. 203) .
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. यन्त्रyantra[yan-trá] n. means of holding, support, barrier (V.); leather-thong, traces (of a car riage); (blunt surgical)…

    [yan-trá] neuter means of holding, support, barrier (Veda, Vedic); leather-thong, traces (of a car riage); (blunt surgical) instrument (opposite knives); apparatus, appliance, mechanical contrivance, engine, machine; bolt, lock (on a door); means of propulsion (in a boat, Equivalent tooars, sails, etc.); ˚--or--˚, mechanical (ele phant, etc.); magical (car); amulet, mystical diagram used as an amulet.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · यन्त्र

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