ಯನ್ತ್ರ

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   = ಎನ್ತ್ರ, ಜನ್ತ್ರ. a means or instrument for holding or restraining or fastening anything. 2, a band, a fastening, a tie, a thong, etc. 3, any instrument, a machine, an engine, an apparatus. 4, restraint, constraint, force. 5, a plate or birch-leaf on which are written the names of certain deities, etc. and which is worshipped and tied to the upper arm for the removal of demoniac influences, etc., an amulet, a charm (J. 3, 26); a diagram of a mystical nature or astrological character used as an amulet. see ಮನ್ತ್ರ-. -ಯನ್ತ್ರ ಕಟ್ಟು. to tie an amulet to the upper arm. — ಯನ್ತ್ರಯುಗ. machine age].