यन्त्र
Sanskrit
Noun
यन्त्र • (yantra) n
- any instrument for holding or restraining or fastening
- a prop
- support
- barrier
- a fetter
- band
- tie
- thong
- rein
- trace
- a surgical instrument (especially a blunt one, such as tweezers)
- 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.)
- restraint, force
- an amulet, mystical diagram supposed to possess occult powers
Descendants
References
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 845
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