तंत्र

See also: तातार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, ultimately from *ten-. Related to तानना (tānnā, “to stretch”), ताँत (tā̃t, “sinew”), ताँती (tā̃tī, “weaver”), and तंतु (tantu, “fiber”). Doublet of तार (tār, “string, wire”). Cognate with English tantra (a Sanskrit borrowing).

Noun

तंत्र • (tantra) m

1. warp (of cloth), weaving
2. means
3. a thread, string
4. essential part, basis, chief doctrine, theory, mechanism, framework
5. arrangement, system (especially of a government), structure, regular order of ritual
6. (Hinduism, Buddhism) a tantra, a work teaching magical and mystical formulae for worship or the attainment of superhuman power
7. charm, spell, incantation, oath
8. (computing) network
9. (computing) operating system, OS

Declension

Declension of तंत्र (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तंत्र tantra	तंत्र tantra
oblique	तंत्र tantra	तंत्रों tantrõ
vocative	तंत्र tantra	तंत्रो tantro

Related terms

• -तंत्र (-tantra, “-cracy, rule”)
• तंत्र-मंत्र (tantra-mantra, “occult”)
• तंत्रिका (tantrikā, “nerve”)
• तंत्री (tantrī, “string”)
• तांत्रिक (tāntrik, “tantric, technical”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “तंत्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ən.t̪ɾə/

Noun

तंत्र • (tantra) n

1. technique, mechanism

Declension

Declension of तंत्र (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	तंत्र tantra
direct plural	तंत्रे, तंत्रं tantre, tantra
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	तंत्र tantra		तंत्रे, तंत्रं tantre, tantra
oblique सामान्यरूप	तंत्रा tantrā		तंत्रां- tantrān-
accusative / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	तंत्राला tantrālā		तंत्रांना tantrānnā
ergative	तंत्राने, तंत्रानं tantrāne, tantrāna		तंत्रांनी tantrānnī
instrumental	तंत्राशी tantrāśī		तंत्रांशी tantrānśī
locative सप्तमी	तंत्रात tantrāt		तंत्रांत tantrāt
vocative संबोधन	तंत्रा tantrā		तंत्रांनो tantrānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of तंत्र (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	तंत्राचा tantrāċā	तंत्राचे tantrāċe	तंत्राची tantrācī	तंत्राच्या tantrācā	तंत्राचे, तंत्राचं tantrāċe, tantrāċa	तंत्राची tantrācī	तंत्राच्या tantrācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	तंत्रांचा tantrānċā	तंत्रांचे tantrānċe	तंत्रांची tantrāñcī	तंत्रांच्या tantrāncā	तंत्रांचे, तंत्रांचं tantrānċe, tantrānċa	तंत्रांची tantrāñcī	तंत्रांच्या tantrāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• तंत्रज्ञान (tantrajñān, “technology”)
• तांत्रिक (tāntrik, “technical”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “तंत्र”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies