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तन्त्र n. an. ([Pāṇ. 7-2, 9] ; [Kāś.] ) a loom, v, 2, 70 the warp, 71, 9">[RV. x, 71, 9] ; [AV. x, 7, 42] ; [TBr. ii] ; [TāṇḍyaBr. x, 5] ; [ŚBr. xiv] ; [Kauś.] ; [MBh. i, 806 and 809] कुलस्य त्° the leading or principal or essential part, main point, characteristic feature, model, type, system, framework, [ŚBr. xii] ; xxiii, 19, 1">---10--- ; ---11--- ; KātyŚr. &c. (e.g. , ‘the principal action in keeping up a family i.e. propagation’ xiii, 48, 6">---12--- ; ifc. ‘depending on’ cf. आत्म-, स्व-, पर-, &c.) षष्टि doctrine, rule, theory, scientific work, chapter of such a work (esp. the 1st section of a treatise on astron. ---13--- ; पराशर's work on astron. ii, 3; vii, 8">, ii, 3; vii, 8), ---14--- &c. (cf. - &c.) a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies (mostly in the form of dialogues between शिव and दुर्गा 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. ---15--- pp. 63, 85, 184, 189, 205ff.), xvi, 19">---16--- ; ---17--- ; ---18--- ; xxiii, 63">---19--- ; ---20--- a spell, ---21--- ; ---22--- oath or ordeal, ---23--- also title or epithet).">N. of a सामन् (also called ‘that of विरूप’), ---24--- °त्रिन् an army (cf. ), 54, 15">[BhP. x, 54, 15] ifc. a row, number, series, troop, ii f., vi">[Bālar. ii f., vi] राज्य-त्° = , government, [Daś. xiii] ; ii, 88">[Śiś. ii, 88] पर त्° (, ‘the highest authority’), [Subh.] a means which leads to two or more results, contrivance, ii, 1, 31">[Hariv. ii, 1, 31] °त्रावाप a drug (esp. one of specific faculties), chief remedy cf. परिच्छद = , ---31--- अन्त = , [L.] wealth, [L.] a house, [L.] happiness, [W.] तन्त्र b &c. see cols. 1, 2.
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