Bindutantra, Bindu-tantra: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bindutantra (बिन्दुतन्त्र).—

1) a die.

2) a chessboard.

Derivable forms: bindutantraḥ (बिन्दुतन्त्रः).

Bindutantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bindu and tantra (तन्त्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Bindutantra (बिन्दुतन्त्र):—[=bindu-tantra] [from bindu > bind] m. a die, dice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] mn. a kind of chess-board, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a playing-ball, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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.

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