तन्त्र [ tantra ] [ tántra ] n. ( Lit. Pāṇ. 7-2 , 9 Lit. Kāś.) a loom , Lit. v , 2 , 70

  the warp Lit. RV. x , 71 , 9 Lit. AV. x , 7 , 42 Lit. TBr. ii Lit. TāṇḍyaBr. x , 5 Lit. ŚBr. xiv Lit. Kauś. Lit. MBh. i , 806 and 809

  the leading or principal or essential part , main point , characteristic feature , model , type , system , framework Lit. ŚBr. xii Lit. TāṇḍyaBr. xxiii , 19 , 1 Lit. Lāṭy. Lit. KātyŚr. (e.g. [ kulasya t ] , " the principal action in keeping up a family i.e. propagation " Lit. MBh. xiii , 48 , 6 ; ifc. " depending on " cf. [ ātma- ] , [ sva- ] , [ para- ] , )

  doctrine , rule , theory , scientific work , chapter of such a work (esp. the 1st section of a treatise on astron. Lit. VarBṛS. i , 9 ; Parāśara's work on astron. Lit. , ii , 3 ; vii , 8) Lit. MBh. ( cf. [ ṣaṣṭi- ] )

  a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies (mostly in the form of dialogues between Śiva and Durgā and said to treat of 5 subjects , 1. the creation , 2. the destruction of the world , 3. the worship of the gods , 4. the attainment of all objects , esp. of 6 superhuman faculties , 5. the 4 modes of union with the supreme spirit by meditation ; cf. Lit. RTL. pp. 63 , 85 , 184 , 189 , 205ff.) Lit. VarBṛS. xvi , 19 Lit. Pañcat. Lit. Daś. Lit. Kathās. xxiii , 63 Lit. Sarvad. ( 436,1 )

  a spell Lit. HYog. i , 5 Lit. Vcar.

  oath or ordeal Lit. L.

  N. of a Sāman (also called " that of Virūpa " ) Lit. ĀrshBr.

  an army ( cf. [ °trin ] ) Lit. BhP. x , 54 , 15

  ifc. a row , number , series , troop Lit. Bālar. ii f. , vi

  = [ rājya-t ] , government Lit. Daś. xiii Lit. Śiś. ii , 88

  ( [ para t ] , " the highest authority " ) Lit. Subh.

  a means which leads to two or more results , contrivance Lit. Hariv. ii , 1 , 31

  a drug (esp. one of specific faculties) , chief remedy cf. [ °trāvāpa ]

  = [ paricchada ] Lit. L.

  = [ anta ] Lit. L.

  wealth Lit. L.

  a house Lit. L.

  happiness Lit. W.

  [ tantreṇa ] ind. instr. so as to be typical or hold good Lit. KātyŚr. xvi , xx

  [ tantrā ] f. for [ °ndrā ] Lit. Suśr.

  [ tantrī ] f. . ( [ īs ] cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 5-4 , 159 Lit. Kāś. ; [ ī ] Lit. L.) = [ °ntī ] Lit. Gobh. iii , 6 , 7 and Lit. BhP. iii , 15 , 8 (v.l. for [ °ntī ] ; see also [ vatsatantrī ] )

  the wire or string of a lute Lit. ŚāṅkhŚr. xvii Lit. Lāṭy. iv , 1 , 2 Lit. Kauś. ( [ °tri ] Lit. R. vi , 28 , 26)

  (fig.) the strings of the heart Lit. Hariv. 3210 (v.l.)

  any tubular vessel of the body , sinew , vein Lit. Pāṇ. 5-4 , 159

  the plant [ °trikā ] Lit. L.

  a girl with peculiar qualities Lit. L.

  N. of a river Lit. L.

  cf. [ ku-tantrī ] .