यन्त्रyantra

यन्त्र (yantra) is a Sanskrit word meaning see column, any instrument for holding, restraining, or fastening, a prop, support, or barrier, a fetter, band, tie, thong, rein, or trace, a surgical instrument, restraint, force. Its 19 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them General Instrument / Machine / Apparatus, Cross-references / Meta-entries, Restraint / Force (Act or Concept).

Etymology: E. यम् to check, Unādi aff. त्र; or यत्रि-अच् ।
Definitions: 19

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Meanings by context

General Instrument / Machine / Apparatus

8 definitions

any instrument, apparatus, machine, or mechanical contrivance

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Support or barrier. 2. A leather thong or carriage trace. 3. A surgical instrument. 4. An apparatus, appliance, machine, or engine. 5. A bolt or door lock. 6. A means of propulsion. 7. A magical diagram or amulet.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A machine, implement, or apparatus. 2. A mystical or astrological diagram. 3. A type of vessel. 4. Restraining or controlling.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A machine. 2. A diagram. 3. A sort of vessel. 4. Restraining.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A machine, implement, or apparatus. 2. A mystical or astrological diagram. 3. A vessel. 4. Controlling or restraining. 5. A fetter or cord. 6. A lock or bolt.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An engine, machine, implement, or apparatus. 2. A thong. 3. A sort of vessel. 4. A mystical diagram. 5. Restraining.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A means or instrument for holding, restraining, or fastening. 2. A prop, support, fence, or barrier. 3. A fetter, band, cord, or rein. 4. A surgical instrument, especially a blunt tool like tweezers or a vice. 5. Any machine, engine, implement, or apparatus. 6. A lock or bolt. 7. Restraint or force. 8. An amulet or mystical diagram used as an amulet.

[Printed book page 0809-b]
Yantra, am, n. a means or instrument for holding

or restraining or fastening anything, a prop, support,

stay, fence, barrier; a fetter, band, fastening, tie,

thong, cord, rein, trace, harness; a surgical instru-

ment (especially any blunt instrument, such as

tweezers, a vice, &c., opposed to śastra); any

instrument, machine, engine, implement, apparatus,

vessel, appliance, (kūpa-yantra, a machine for draw-

ing water from a well; cf. jala-y°, taila-y°, gola-

y°); a lock, bolt, &c. restraining, restraint, con-

straint, force, (yantreṇa, forcibly, violently); an

amulet, a diagram of a mystical nature or astrological

character used as an amulet. —Yantra-karaṇḍikā,

f. a kind of magical basket. —Yantrakarma-kṛt,

t, m. a person who makes instruments or machines,

a machinist, artisan. —Yantra-garuḍa, as, m. an

image of Garuḍa mechanically contrived to move by

itself. —Yantra-gṛha, am, n. an oil-mill; a manu-

factory. —Yantra-gola, as, m. a kind of pea.

—Yantra-ceṣṭita, am, n. any magical work or

operation, enchantment. —Yantra-takṣan, ā, m.

a constructer of machines, maker of instruments; a

preparer of charms or spells. —Yantra-dṛḍha, as,

ā, am, secured by a lock or bolt (as a door). —Yan-

tra-dhārā-gṛha, am, n. a room fitted up with a

kind of shower-bath, a bath-room with flowing water;

[cf. dhārā-gṛha.] —Yantra-nāla, am, n. a me-

chanical pipe or tube, the pipe of a well. —Yantra-

putraka, as, ikā, m. f. a mechanical doll or puppet

fitted with strings or any contrivance for moving the

limbs. —Yantra-peṣaṇī, f. a hand-mill. —Yantra-

prakāśa, as, m., N. of a work (attributed to

Madana-pāla). —Yantra-pravāha, as, m. an arti-

ficial stream of water, machine for watering. —Yan-

tra-maya, as, ī, am, consisting of a machine, arti-
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ficially made or constructed. —Yantra-mātṛkā, f.,

N. of one of the sixty-four Kalās. —Yantra-mārga,

as, m. an aqueduct, canal. —Yantra-mukta, as, ā,

am, thrown by any kind of machine (said of wea-

pons). —Yantra-yukta, as, ā, am, furnished with

(all necessary) implements or apparatus, (yantra-

yuktā nauḥ, a boat fitted out with oars, sails, &c.)

—Yantra-vat, ān, atī, at, possessing or furnished

with a machine. —Yantra-śara, as, m. a missile

shot off by machinery. —Yantra-sūtra, am, n. the

cord attached to a jointed doll or puppet. —Yantrā-

kāra (°ra-āk°) and yantroddhara (°ra-ud°), as,

m., N. of two works. —Yantrārūḍha (°ra-ār°),

as, ā, am, fixed or mounted on the revolving engine

(of the universe). —Yantrālaya (°ra-āl°), as, m.

a printing-office, press. —Yantrotkṣiptopala (°ra-

ut°, °ta-up°), as, m. a stone shot off by a machine

(sling, ballista, &c.). —Yantropala (°ra-up°), as,

am, m. n. a mill-stone, mill. [ID=38398]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

a mechanical contrivance used by Tvashta to diminish the sun's energy, the surplus of which became Vishnu's discus, Rudra's trident, and Indra's thunderbolt

— The Purana Index

Cross-references / Meta-entries

2 definitions

See column 3.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See page 809, columns 2 and 3.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Restraint / Force (Act or Concept)

2 definitions

restraint, force

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

forcibly, violently

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Support / Means of Holding or Restraining

2 definitions

any instrument for holding, restraining, or fastening; a prop, support, or barrier

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A prop, support, fence, or barrier. 2. The trace of a carriage. 3. Any instrument or machine.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Verb: To Restrain / Subdue

2 definitions

To restrain

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To restrain or subdue.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Fetter / Means of Binding

1 definition

a fetter, band, tie, thong, rein, or trace

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mystical Diagram / Amulet

1 definition

An amulet or mystical diagram possessing occult powers.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Surgical Instrument

1 definition

a surgical instrument

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.