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yantra

/jəntɹə/

yantra noun: a geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.

Noun

yantra (plural yantras)

  1. A geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.
  2. (Hinduism) Any object used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.

Proper noun capitalized: Yantra

Yantra

  1. A river in Bulgaria

yantra meaning in Malayalam and Sanskrit

yantra in Malayalam

yantra
യന്ത്രം yantraṁ

yantra in Sanskrit

yantra
गोल gola, फलक phalaka

Forms of yantra

pluralyantras

Origin of yantra

Borrowed from Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra, “instrument”).

From Bulgarian Янтра (Jantra).

Words formed from yantra

Questions about yantra

What does yantra mean?
Yantra means a geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.
What is yantra in Malayalam?
Yantra in Malayalam is യന്ത്രം (yantraṁ). See Yantra meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is yantra?
Yantra can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce yantra?
Yantra is pronounced /jəntɹə/.
What is the plural of yantra?
The plural of yantra is yantras.

Words near yantra in the dictionary

  1. Yantabulla
  2. Yantai
  3. Yantarne
  4. Yantis
  5. Yantises
  6. yantra
  7. yantras
  8. yantric
  9. Yants
  10. Yantz
  11. Yantzes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: yantra (page history and authors); Yantra (page history and authors); യന്ത്രം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); गोल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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