Patalayantra, Pātāḷayantra, Pātālayantra, Patala-yantra, Patalayamtra: 6 definitions

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Patalayantra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

The Sanskrit term Pātāḷayantra can be transliterated into English as Patalayantra or Pataliayantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pātāḷayantra (पाताळयंत्र).—n An apparatus for extracting oils and essences, or for calcining and subliming metals, viz. two earthen vessels united mouth to mouth, well-luted, and placed in a hole containing fire.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pātāḷayantra (पाताळयंत्र).—n An apparatus for extracting oils and essences.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Patalayantra in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pātālayantra (पातालयन्त्र).—See पातालः (pātālaḥ) (1).

Derivable forms: pātālayantram (पातालयन्त्रम्).

Pātālayantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pātāla and yantra (यन्त्र).

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

Pātālayantra (पातालयन्त्र):—[=pātāla-yantra] [from pātāla > pāt] n. a sort of apparatus for distillation or for calcining and subliming metals, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Patalayantra in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Patalayantra in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pātāḷayaṃtra (ಪಾತಾಳಯಂತ್ರ):—[noun] a kind of apparatus used to distill medicinal substances.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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