यन्त्र

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : इन्जन

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

यन्त्र    a See col.3.
यन्त्र  n.  b n. any instrument for holding or restraining or fastening, a prop, support, barrier, [RV.] &c. &c.
a fetter, band, tie, thong, rein, trace, [Mn.]; [MBh.]
शस्त्र   a surgical instrument ( esp. a blunt one, such as tweezers, a vice &c., opp. to ), [Suśr.]; [Vāgbh.]
कूप   any instrument or apparatus, mechanical contrivance, engine, machine, implement, appliance (as a bolt or lock on a door, oars or sails in a boat, &c.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. ( cf.-, जल-, तैल-य्°; ibc. or ifc. often = mechanical, magical)
°त्रेण  n. restraint, force ( ind. forcibly, violently), [MW.]
an amulet, mystical diagram supposed to possess occult powers, [Kathās.]; [Pañcar.] ( cf. [RTL. 203]).

Shabda-Sagara

यन्त्र  n.  ( -न्त्रं)
1. A machine in general, any implement or apparatus.
2. A diagram of a mystical nature, or astrological character.
3. A [Page584-b+ 60] sort of vessel.
4. Restraining, checking, controlling.
5. A fetter, a cord.
6. A lock, a bolt.
E. यम् to check, Unādi aff. त्र; or यत्रि-अच् .

ROOTS:

यम् त्र; यत्रि-अच् .