यंत्र yantra

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Machine, instrument, amulet, talisman, mystical diagram.

Usual translation

  1. instrument

Origin of the definition

H جنتر जन्त्र jantra, jantr, जन्तर jantar [S. यन्त्रं], s.m. An instrument, machine, engine, implement, apparatus, appliance; a musical instrument; a dial; an observatory; an astrological or magic diagram, a magic square; an amulet, a charm, a philter; juggling: — jantar-mantar, s.m. Juggling, conjuring, enchanting by figures and incantations; magical or mystical ceremonies in which diagrams are drawn and charms or prayers are repeated; — an observatory.

यंत्र yantra yāntr (nm) a machine; an instrument; amulet, talisman; mystical diagram; ~कार a machine-maker; ~चालित mechanized; machine-operated; ~निर्मित machine-made, mechanical; -मंत्र conjuring, witchcraft; ~मानव a robot; -युग machine age; ~वत् like a machine; ~वाद mechanistic theory; mechanism; ~वादी mechanistic; ~विद् a mechanician; machinist; -विद्या the art of manufacturing or handling/working machines; -विधान mechanism; ~शाला machine-room; -सज्जित mechanized.

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Created
Saturday 19 February 2022
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