Tantri, Tantrī, Tamtri: 16 definitions
Introduction:
Tantri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: academia.edu: The Yoga of the MālinīvijayottaratantraTantrī (तन्त्री) or Tantrīghoṣa refers to the “sounds of a stick-zither” and represents one of the ten kinds of sounds (śabda) according to Jayaratha (author of the 13th century commentary Tantrālokaviveka on Abhinavagupta’s Tantrāloka) and the Haṃsa-upaniṣad. Jayaratha cites the Brahmayāmala passage giving this order of the ten sounds (e.g., Tantrī).
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Tantrī (तन्त्री) refers to “instrumental (music)”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the conclision of hawking]: “[...] After seeing the hawks and horses eat and drink plentifully and causing them to be tied in a shady place, the lord should go to a lonely place and get his limbs shampooed, listening all the while to the charming voice of geese walking about. Then he should hear for a while vocal and instrumental music (tantrī-gītā) charming to the heart. [...]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
India history and geography
Source: Heidelberg: Glory of the Tiruvanantapuram Padmanabhasvami TempleTantri (तन्त्रि) refers to the “chief priests” associated with the Anantaśayanakṣetramāhātmya, a text talking about the Thiruvananthapuram temple in eleven chapters, written before the 14th century and claiming to be part of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa.—We also see that in this temple, priests are appointed from the Tuḷu speaking Brahmin community. This further confirms the similarities between the narratives found in the māhātmya and practices that are still followed in the temple. At present the chief-priests (tantri) of this temple are from the Taraṇanallūr family, who are Nampūtiri Brahmins of Kerala. This custom of appointing a Nampūtiri brahmin as chief-priest might have been a later development in the practices of the temple.
Note: According to the Taraṇanallūr family members, who include the present chief-priest (tantri) of this temple, they follow a text known as Anuṣṭhāna-grantham, which is different from the Pauṣkarasaṃhitā mentioned in the māhātmya. While a ritual manual of fourteenth century CE, named Tantrasamuccaya is being used in most of the temples of Kerala, the Anuṣṭhāna-grantham is not known outside the Taraṇanallūr family. A ritual text of Kerala named Anuṣṭhānapaddhati is known to exist,
Source: Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of KeralaTantris belong to important families of Nampūtiri Brahmans and are the leaders of the rituals at Kerala temples.—Tantris generally perform at special functions and lead annual festivals. Daily rituals are taken care of by another class of trained Brahmin priests, called Śānti.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Tantri in India is the name of a plant defined with Dillenia pentagyna in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dillenia hainanensis Merrill.
2) Tantri is also identified with Tinospora cordifolia It has the synonym Menispermum cordifolium Willd. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Indian Journal of Pharmacology (2003)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Quarterly Journal of Mythic Society (1963)
· Taxon (1980)
· Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1851)
· Ethnobotany (2002)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarytantrī (तंत्री).—f (tantra S) A wire. 2 The win̤a or Indian lute.
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tantrī (तंत्री).—a (S) Chorded, stringed, having chords or wires. 2 Spun, woven, made of threads. 3 Having a tantra q. v. Hence deep, designing, plotting, schemeful.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishtantrī (तंत्री).—f A wire. The Indian lute a String- ed. Spun. Fig. Deep, designing.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTantri (तन्त्रि) or Tantrī (तन्त्री).—f.
1) A string, cord; न लङ्घयेद्वत्सतन्त्रीम् (na laṅghayedvatsatantrīm) Manusmṛti 4.38.
2) A bow-string.
3) The wire of a lute; इमास्तन्त्रीः सुमधुराः (imāstantrīḥ sumadhurāḥ) Rām.7.93.13; तन्त्रीमार्द्रां नयनसलिलैः सारयित्वा कथंचित् (tantrīmārdrāṃ nayanasalilaiḥ sārayitvā kathaṃcit) Meghadūta 88.
4) A sinew.
5) A tail.
6) A young woman having peculiar qualities.
7) A lute.
8) Name of the plant Amṛtā.
Derivable forms: tantriḥ (तन्त्रिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryTantrī (तन्त्री).—name of a daughter of Māra according to Mahāvastu iii.281.15; 283.15; 284.3; 286.6. The Mahāvastu is clearly secondary here; thruout most of the passage it mentions only two daughters of Māra, Tantrī and Arati, but in 286.6 three, the third being Rati. Originally (Lalitavistara 378.4 ff.; Pali, see Childers s.v. Ragā) there were three, Tṛṣṇā, Arati, and Rati (or, in Pali, Ragā, SN i.124.15 ff.). It is clear that Mahāvastu replaces Tṛṣṇā by Tantrī. Could it be a corruption of MIndic *Taṇhī = [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] tṛṣṇī, q.v. ? Or is the corruption based on some form of the numeral for three (which is lost in Mahāvastu except in the final verse), compare tās tisro…Lalitavistara 378.4 ?
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTantri (तन्त्रि).—1. for tantrī (see tantra), [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 28, 26. 2. for tandri, Mahābhārata 13, 6538 (ought to be corrected; also
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Tantrī (तन्त्री).—see tantra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tantrī (तन्त्री):—[from tantra > tan] a f(īs; ī). (īs cf. [Pāṇini 5-4, 159; Kāśikā-vṛtti]; ī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) = ntī, [Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa iii, 6, 7 and; Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 15, 8] ([varia lectio] for ntī; See also vatsatantrī)
2) [v.s. ...] the wire or string of a lute, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra xvii; Lāṭyāyana iv, 1, 2; Kauśika-sūtra] etc. (tri, [Rāmāyaṇa vi, 28, 26])
3) [v.s. ...] ([figuratively]) the strings of the heart, [Harivaṃśa 3210] ([varia lectio])
4) [v.s. ...] any tubular vessel of the body, sinew, vein, [Pāṇini 5-4, 159]
5) [v.s. ...] the plant trikā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a girl with peculiar qualities, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of a river, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] cf. ku-tantrī.
9) Tantri (तन्त्रि):—[from tan] f. = trī q.v.
10) [v.s. ...] [varia lectio] for ndri.
11) Tantrī (तन्त्री):—[from tan] b f. of tra q.v.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Tantrī (तन्त्री) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Taṃtī.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryTantri in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) a practitioner of enchantments; a stringed musical instrument—a lyre..—tantri (तंत्री) is alternatively transliterated as Taṃtrī.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTaṃtri (ತಂತ್ರಿ):—
1) [noun] = ತಂತ್ರವೇದಿ [tamtravedi].
2) [noun] a cunning, crafty man.
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Taṃtri (ತಂತ್ರಿ):—
1) [noun] = ತಂತ್ರ [tamtra] 2.a slender cord of wire stretched on a musical instrument and bowed, plucked or struck to make a musical sound; a string.
2) [noun] vīṇe, the Indian lute.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+18): Tamtriga, Tamtrikagama, Tamtrikashikshana, Tamtrikavijnana, Tamtrike, Tamtriya, Tantra, Tantribhanda, Tantric initiation, Tantric Mantra, Tantric procedure, Tantric ritual, Tantric scripture, Tantric text, Tantrighosha, Tantrigita, Tantrija, Tantrik, Tantrika, Tantrika-lekhana.
Ends with: Atantri, Bahutantri, Bastantri, Ekatantri, Hrittantri, Karyatamtri, Kutantri, Lokatantri, Paratantri, Prajatantri, Saptatamtri, Shatatantri, Shattantri, Shvetatantri, Sutantri, Svara-tantri, Svatamtri, Vastantri, Vatsatantri, Vitantri.
Full-text (+28): Vatsatantri, Tantripalaka, Bahutantri, Tantribhanda, Tantrimukha, Kutantri, Sutantri, Shattantri, Tantra, Bahutantrika, Tanti, Tantripala, Tantrija, Shattantrisara, Ekatantri, Ekatantrika, Shatatanti, Tamtri, Shatatantri, Shvetatantri.
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Music (Nāṭya-varga) < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects]
Musical instruments (e.g., Stringed, Percussions, Cymbals and Wind-blown) < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Nilamata Purana (by Dr. Ved Kumari)
Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Darasuram < [Chapter VIII - Temples of Rajaraja II’s Time]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXIV - After the enlightenment < [Volume III]
Chapter XLV - The conversion of Bimbisāra < [Volume III]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The first attack by the daughters of Māra < [Chapter XXIV - The Virtue of Patience]