As a Hindi name
तान्त्र · tāntra · adj.
Having wires or strings (as a musical instrument) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 307
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
having wires (tantra), stringed (a musical instrument)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
tāntra mf(ī)n. having wires (tantra), stringed (a musical instrument), W.
regulated by a general rule, ĀpŚr. xiv, 12, 5 f.
relating to the Tantras, W.
tāntra n. the music of a stringed instrument, R. i, 3.
tāntra mfn. (-ntraḥ-ntrī-ntraṃ) 1 Stringed, having wires or strings, (as a musical instrument.) 2 Relating to the Tantras, &c. E. tantra, and aṇ aff.
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