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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: University of Vienna: Sudarśana's Worship at the Royal Court According to the Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā

Yantraka (यन्त्रक) or Yantra refers to the “deity’s form as a diagram in which Mantras of various kinds are drawn”, according to the Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā, belonging to the Pāñcarātra tradition which deals with theology, rituals, iconography, narrative mythology and others.—Accordingly, “He who has the Yantra of Narasiṃha joined with [that] of Sudarśana constructed shall conquer even the other world. Just by drawing this, men can attain everything”.

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Yantraka (यन्त्रक) refers to a “machine”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.54 (“Description of the duties of the chaste wife”).—Accordingly, as a Brahmin lady said to Pārvatī: “[...] She shall not talk to any woman who disparages or hates her husband. She shall not stand alone anywhere nor shall she take bath in the nude. A chaste lady shall never sleep on a mortar threshing rod, a broom, a grinding stone, a machine (yantraka) or on the threshold. Except at the time of sexual intercourse she shall never show her maturity and initiative. She shall like whatever her husband is interested in. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yantraka (यन्त्रक).—[yantr-ṇvul]

1) One well acquainted with machinery.

2) A mechanist; Rām.2.8.1 (com. yantrakā jalapravāhādiyantraṇasamarthāḥ).

3) A restrainer, controller, subduer.

-kam 1 A bandage (in medic.).

2) A turner's wheel or lathe.

3) A hand-mill.

4) A sack; निधीयमाने भरभाजि यन्त्रके (nidhīyamāne bharabhāji yantrake) Śiśupālavadha 12.9.

Derivable forms: yantrakaḥ (यन्त्रकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yantraka (यन्त्रक).—m.

(-kaḥ) One acquainted with machinery. f.

(-kā) A wife’s younger sister. n.

(-kaṃ) 1. A turner’s lathe. 2. A bandage, (in medicine.) E. yantra a machine or restraining, &c., kan added.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yantraka (यन्त्रक).—[yantr + ana], [1.] m. An artisan, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 80, 1. 2. yantra + ka, n. A lathe.

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

1) Yantraka (यन्त्रक):—[from yam] mfn. (ifc.) any instrument or mechanical contrivance, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

2) [v.s. ...] mf(ikā). a restrainer, tamer, subduer, [Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. a machinist, artisan, [Rāmāyaṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] n. a bandage (in medicine), [Suśruta]

5) [v.s. ...] a turner’s wheel, lathe, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] a hand-mill, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yantraka (यन्त्रक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A lathe. f. The younger sister of a wife.

[Sanskrit to German]

Yantraka 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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Starts with: Yamtrakale, Yamtrakarmi, Yantrakala, Yantrakara, Yantrakarandika, Yantrakarmakrit, Yantrakarman.

Ends with: Ghatiyantraka, Havaniyamtraka, Jalayantraka, Kuyamtraka, Manthana-yantraka, Niyantraka, Pariksha-niyantraka, Sharayantraka, Ushnaniyamtraka, Vidyutdhara-niyantraka.

Full-text: Jalayantraka, Sharayantraka, Manthana-yantraka, Ghatiyantraka, Jalayantra, Susvara, Yattaka.

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