Yantrasutra, Yantrasūtra, Yantra-sutra: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYantrasūtra (यन्त्रसूत्र).—the cord attached to the mechanism of a doll or puppet.
Derivable forms: yantrasūtram (यन्त्रसूत्रम्).
Yantrasūtra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yantra and sūtra (सूत्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yantrasūtra (यन्त्रसूत्र):—[=yantra-sūtra] [from yantra > yam] n. the cord attached to the mechanism of a doll or puppet, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Sūtra-work on war-engines.
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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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