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Results for तन्त्रि
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
तन्त्रिtantriन्त्री [ntrī], न्त्री f.
न्त्रीntrī, न्त्रीFeminine
A string, cord; न लङ्घयेद्वत्सतन्त्रीम् Ms.4.38.
A bow-string.
The wire of a lute; इमास्तन्त्रीः सुमधुराः Rām.7.93.13; तन्त्रीमार्द्रां नयनसलिलैः सारयित्वा कथंचित् Me.88.
तन्त्रिन्tantrina.Having threads, made of threads.
Having threads, made of threads.
Having chords or wires (as a lute).
Having a Tantra, or following one. -Masculine
A musician.
A soldier. Neuter An act having a group of subsidiaries common with some other act, a main act (प्रधानकर्म); तन्त्रीणि प्रधानानि । ŚB. on MS.12.1.1.
Derived forms and compounds
-समवायः Simultaneity of (several) main acts; तन्त्रिसमवाये चोदनातः समानानामैकतन्त्र्यम्denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied MS.12.1.1.