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जन्त (janta)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
janta (nt.
also written jantra, as well as yanta
Pkt. or semi-Pkt. for Skt. yantra), machine: Mv 〔ii.475.6 ff., 476.1, 5〕, in cpds. janta-kāra and janta-māṣṭa(ka), see the latter. The mss. read prevailingly janta or jantra
Senart usually j-, but sometimes y- even against both mss.