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tantraतन्त्रtántra n. ([Pāṇ. vii, 2, 9], [Kāś.]) a loom, [v, 2, 70]
the warp, [RV. x, 71, 9]; [AV. x, 7, 42]; [TBr. ii]; [TāṇḍyaBr. x, 5]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [Kauś.]; [MBh. i, 806] and [809]
the leading or principal or essential part, main point, characteristic feature, model, type, system, framework, [ŚBr. xii]; [TāṇḍyaBr. xxiii, 19, 1]; [Lāṭy.]; [KātyŚr.] &c. (e.g. kulasya t°, ‘the principal action in keeping up a family i.e. propagation’, [MBh. xiii, 48, 6]; ifc. ‘depending on’, cf. ātma-, sva-, para-, &c.)
doctrine, rule, theory, scientific work, chapter of such a work (esp. the 1st section of a treatise on astron. [VarBṛS. i, 9]; Parāśara's work on astron. [ii, 3]; [vii, 8]), [MBh.] &c. (cf. ṣaṣṭi- &c.)
a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies (mostly in the form of dialogues between Śiva and Durgā 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, esp. of 6 superhuman faculties, 5. the 4 modes of union with the supreme spirit by meditation ; cf. [RTL. pp. 63], [85], [184], [189], [205 ff.]), [VarBṛS. xvi, 19]; [Pañcat.]; [Daś.]; [Kathās. xxiii, 63]; [Sarvad.]
a spell, [HYog. i, 5]; [Vcar.]
oath or ordeal, [L.]
N. of a Sāman (also called ‘that of Virūpa’), [ĀrṣBr.]
an army (cf. °trin), [BhP. x, 54, 15]
ifc. a row, number, series, troop, [Bālar. ii f.], [vi]
= rājya-t°, government, [Daś. xiii]; [Śiś. ii, 88]
(para t°, ‘the highest authority’), [Subh.]
a means which leads to two or more results, contrivance, [Hariv. ii, 1, 31]
a drug (esp. one of specific faculties), chief remedy, cf. °trāvāpa
= paricchada, [L.]
= anta, [L.]
wealth, [L.]
a house, [L.]
happiness, [W.]
tántra &c. See cols. 1, 2.
tantraṇaतन्त्रणtan°traṇa n. the supporting of a family, [MBh. v, 3751.]
tán°traṇa &c. See cols. 1, 2.
tantrakaतन्त्रकmfn. recently from the loom, new and unbleached, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 70]
ifc. for °tra, doctrine See pañca-
tán°traka &c. See cols. 1, 2.
tantratāतन्त्रताtantra—tā f. the state of anything that serves as a tantra, [ĀśvŚr. xi, 1]
comprehending several rites in one, ceremony in lieu of a number, [W.]
tantrayaतन्त्रयNom. (fr. °tra) °yati, to follow, as one's rule, [xii, 215, 21]; to provide for (acc.), [Śak. v, 5] (ind.p. °yitvā v.l.; Ā. ‘to support a family’, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 5]); Ā. to regulate, [Car. iv, 1]; [vi, 26.]
tantratvaतन्त्रत्वtantra—tva n. dependance on (in comp.), [Sarvad. i, 41.]
tantrabhedaतन्त्रभेदtantra—bheda m. N. of a Tantra, [Ānand. 31], Sch.
tantrakāraतन्त्रकारtantra—kāra m. the author of any scientific treatise, [Mālav. i, 8/9]; [Daś. xiii, 87.]
tantrarājaतन्त्रराजtantra—rāja m. N. of wk. [Tantras. i]; [Ānand. 99], Sch.
tantrasāraतन्त्रसारtantra—sāra m. ‘Tantra-essence’, N. of a compilation.
tantravāpaतन्त्रवापtantra—vāpa for -vāya, [L.]
tantravāyaतन्त्रवायtantra—vāya m. (= °ntu-v°) a weaver, [R. G. ii, 90, 15]
a spider, [L.]
tantra—vāya m. n. weaving, [L.]
tantraṭīkāतन्त्रटीकाtantra—ṭīkā f. N. of -vārttika i-iv, [W.]
tantragarbhaतन्त्रगर्भtantra—garbha m. N. of wk., [vii].
tantrakāṣṭhaतन्त्रकाष्ठtantra—kāṣṭha n. = °ntu-k°, [L.]
tantraratnaतन्त्ररत्नtantra—ratna n. N. of wk. by Pārtha-sārathi.
tantraśāstraतन्त्रशास्त्रtantra—śāstra n. N. of wk., [Pratāpar.], Sch.
tantrahṛdayaतन्त्रहृदयtantra—hṛdaya n. N. of wk. [Tantras. ii.]
tantrakaumudīतन्त्रकौमुदीtantra—kaumudī́ f. N. of wk. [Tantras. ii.]
tantrarājakaतन्त्रराजकtantra—rājaka m. N. of a medical work by Jābāla, [BrahmaP. i, 16, 18.]
tantrapradīpaतन्त्रप्रदीपtantra—pradīpa m. N. of a Comm. on [Dhātup.]
tantraprakāśaतन्त्रप्रकाशtantra—prakāśa m. N. of wk., [Vratapr.]
tantracūḍāmaṇiतन्त्रचूडामणिtantra—cūḍāmaṇi m. N. of wk. [Tantras. ii.]
tantragandharvaतन्त्रगन्धर्वtantra—gandharva n. N. of wk. [Śāktān.]
tantravārttikaतन्त्रवार्त्तिकtantra—vārttika n. = mīmānsā-t°.
tantramantraprakāśaतन्त्रमन्त्रप्रकाशtantra—mantra-prakāśa m. N. of wk., [Śāktān. iv.]