"तन्त्र" meaning in Sanskrit

See तन्त्र in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɐ́n.tɾɐ/ [Vedic], /t̪ɐn̪.t̪ɾɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tántram, from Proto-Indo-European *téntlom, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”). Cognate with Persian تار (târ), Lithuanian tinklas, Latvian tīkls. Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*tántram}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *tántram, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*tántram}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *tántram, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*téntlom}} Proto-Indo-European *téntlom, {{cog|fa|تار|tr=târ}} Persian تار (târ), {{cog|lt|tinklas}} Lithuanian tinklas, {{cog|lv|tīkls}} Latvian tīkls Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=n|tr=tántra}} तन्त्र • (tántra) stem, n Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-n|tántra}} Forms: tántra [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], तन्त्रम् [nominative, singular], तन्त्रे [dual, nominative], तन्त्राणि [nominative, plural], तन्त्रा1 [nominative, plural], तन्त्रम् [accusative, singular], तन्त्रे [accusative, dual], तन्त्राणि [accusative, plural], तन्त्रा1 [accusative, plural], तन्त्रेण [instrumental, singular], तन्त्राभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], तन्त्रैः [instrumental, plural], तन्त्रेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], तन्त्राय [dative, singular], तन्त्राभ्याम् [dative, dual], तन्त्रेभ्यः [dative, plural], तन्त्रात् [ablative, singular], तन्त्राभ्याम् [ablative, dual], तन्त्रेभ्यः [ablative, plural], तन्त्रस्य [genitive, singular], तन्त्रयोः [dual, genitive], तन्त्राणाम् [genitive, plural], तन्त्रे [locative, singular], तन्त्रयोः [dual, locative], तन्त्रेषु [locative, plural], तन्त्र [singular, vocative], तन्त्रे [dual, vocative], तन्त्राणि [plural, vocative], तन्त्रा1 [plural, vocative]
  1. a loom
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-oAmcFhxU
  2. the warp
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-1DctmTqb
  3. the leading or principal or essential part, main point, characteristic feature, model, type, system, framework
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-LOXM60rw
  4. doctrine, rule, theory, scientific work, chapter of such a work
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-YlEvuf0q
  5. a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies (mostly in the form of dialogues between Shiva and Durga) and said to treat of 5 subjects, 1. the creation, 2. the destruction of the world, 3. the worship of the gods, 4. the attainment of all objects, especially of 6 superhuman faculties, 5. the 4 modes of union with the supreme spirit by meditation
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-loJL~yss Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 1 3 2 54 1 4 3 1 3 6 13 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 1 3 2 52 1 4 3 1 3 6 14 2 1 2 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 6 1 8 3 44 1 4 3 1 6 5 11 3 1 2 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 15 2 11 5 25 2 9 6 2 6 7 5 3 2 2 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 6 1 7 6 35 1 8 7 4 7 6 6 3 1 2
  6. a spell
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun--VCw7MUb
  7. oath or ordeal
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-EI8T~PVe
  8. name of a सामन् (also called ‘ that of विरूप ’) Derived forms: स्वतन्त्र (svatantra)
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-H77dNgxN
  9. an army
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-gsu-yVml
  10. a row, number, series, troop
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-aESCgnqj
  11. a means which leads to two or more results, contrivance
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-RIKUTefs
  12. a drug (especially one of specific faculties)
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-Dzfc6Mwm
  13. wealth
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-c5v0hPfx
  14. a house
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-F8N3O2B-
  15. happiness
    Sense id: en-तन्त्र-sa-noun-QvOMEld7
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        "2": "تار",
        "tr": "târ"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian تار (târ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "tinklas"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian tinklas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "tīkls"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian tīkls",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tántram, from Proto-Indo-European *téntlom, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”). Cognate with Persian تار (târ), Lithuanian tinklas, Latvian tīkls.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tántra",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रम्",
      "roman": "tántram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रे",
      "roman": "tántre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्राणि",
      "roman": "tántrāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रा1",
      "roman": "tántrā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रम्",
      "roman": "tántram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रे",
      "roman": "tántre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्राणि",
      "roman": "tántrāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रा1",
      "roman": "tántrā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रेण",
      "roman": "tántreṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्राभ्याम्",
      "roman": "tántrābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रैः",
      "roman": "tántraiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रेभिः1",
      "roman": "tántrebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्राय",
      "roman": "tántrāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्राभ्याम्",
      "roman": "tántrābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रेभ्यः",
      "roman": "tántrebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रात्",
      "roman": "tántrāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्राभ्याम्",
      "roman": "tántrābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रेभ्यः",
      "roman": "tántrebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रस्य",
      "roman": "tántrasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रयोः",
      "roman": "tántrayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्राणाम्",
      "roman": "tántrāṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रे",
      "roman": "tántre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रयोः",
      "roman": "tántrayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रेषु",
      "roman": "tántreṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्र",
      "roman": "tántra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रे",
      "roman": "tántre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्राणि",
      "roman": "tántrāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "तन्त्रा1",
      "roman": "tántrā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "tántra"
      },
      "expansion": "तन्त्र • (tántra) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tántra"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a loom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loom",
          "loom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the warp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "warp",
          "warp"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the leading or principal or essential part, main point, characteristic feature, model, type, system, framework"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "doctrine, rule, theory, scientific work, chapter of such a work"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies (mostly in the form of dialogues between Shiva and Durga) and said to treat of 5 subjects, 1. the creation, 2. the destruction of the world, 3. the worship of the gods, 4. the attainment of all objects, especially of 6 superhuman faculties, 5. the 4 modes of union with the supreme spirit by meditation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Shiva",
          "Shiva"
        ],
        [
          "Durga",
          "Durga"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a spell"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spell",
          "spell"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oath or ordeal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oath",
          "oath"
        ],
        [
          "ordeal",
          "ordeal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name of a सामन् (also called ‘ that of विरूप ’)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an army"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "army",
          "army"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a row, number, series, troop"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a means which leads to two or more results, contrivance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contrivance",
          "contrivance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a drug (especially one of specific faculties)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wealth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wealth",
          "wealth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a house"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "happiness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɐ́n.tɾɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t̪ɐn̪.t̪ɾɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "तन्त्र"
}

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