यन्तृ

{ yantṛ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

यन्तृ  mfn.  mfn. restraining, limiting, withholding from ( loc.), [Āpast.]
 fn. fixing, establishing, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] ( f. य॑न्त्री)
granting, bestowing, [RV.]
यन्तृ  m.  m. ( ifc. also °तृक) a driver (of horses or elephants), charioteer, ib. &c. &c.
a ruler, governor, manager, guide, [RV.]; [Hariv.]
यन्तारः   among the याच्ञा-कर्माणः, [Naigh. iii, 19.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

यन्तृ [yantṛ] a.  a. [यम्-तृच्]
Restraining, curbing, controlling.
Guiding, directing. -m.
A director, governor, ruler.
A driver (as of an elephant, carriage &c.), coachman, charioteer; यन्ता गजस्याभ्यपतद् गजस्थम् [R.7.37;] अथ यन्तारमादिश्य धुर्यान् विश्रामयेति सः 1.54; [Bhāg.8.11.] 17; [Ki.7.32;] सव्योऽपि सानुनयमाकलनाय यन्त्रा [Śi.]
An elephant-driver or rider.

Shabda-Sagara

यन्तृ  mfn.  ( -न्ता-न्त्री-न्तृ) A check, a restraint, any person or thing that restrains, &c.
 m.  ( -न्ता)
1. A charioteer.
2. An elephant-driver.
E. यम् to restrain, aff. तृच् .

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यम् तृच् .